Coronavirus: Jack Ma’s third medical supplies arrive in Africa
The third round of medical equipment donated by the Founder of Ali Baba Group, Jack Ma, to African Union member states to assist their...
WHO warns on supply disruptions in coronavirus crisis, seeks more air capacity
The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas...
Two runaway Covid-19 patients in Old Fadama, Tamale found – GHS
Two persons who fled health authorities after contracting the novel coronavirus have been found.This was disclosed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service...
22 new hospitals underway before 88 announced – Health Minister
Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, says the government was planning to construct 22 District Hospitals before the announcement of 88 new hospitals on Sunday, April...
7 pregnant women test positive for coronavirus
At least seven pregnant women have reportedly tested positive to the deadly novel coronavirus.This is according to the Chairman for Coalition of Non-Governmental...
Speaker recalls MPs for discussions on COVID-19 tax waivers
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Michael Quaye, has recalled Members of Parliament for discussions on tax waivers for Covid-19 donations.A statement signed by...
Covid-19: Govt to absorb tenants’ rents if… Atta Akyea
Works and Housing Minister says the government has the capacity to cover the rent of persons who may face eviction over their inability to...
Emergence of coronavirus calls for a paradigm shift – NCCE
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Tuesday said the Coronavirus has changed the basic fundamentals of human existence and this calls for...
Coronavirus: Key facts from WHO that give a lot of hope
According to Worldometer, there are now over three million (3,075,523) coronavirus (COVID-19) cases across the world as at Tuesday morning, April 28.Over two hundred...
READ: Peter Toobu’s 30-day whole-of-Ghana approach to fight Covid-19
Parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Wa West Constituency, Supt Peter Lanchene Toobu (Rtd), has proposed to the government what he...
COVID-19 fight will be a major campaign tool – Sammy Awuku
Copyright © 20National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the strides made in fighting the coronavirus pandemic will be a major...
Ghana’s coronavirus death toll reaches 16
Five more persons, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), have lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic in the country.This raises the death...
Trump ‘promises to send ventilators to Nigeria’
Nigerian officials say United States (US) President, Donald Trump, has promised to send the West African nation ventilators to help it tackle the coronavirus...
Court says no lockdown for Malawi
For the second time in a fortnight, the Malawi High Court, has stopped the government from implementing a lockdown as one way of preventing...
Ken Agyapong donates 150,000 masks to Presidency [photos]
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyepong, has presented 150,000 masks to the Presidency.The donation was done on Tuesday, April...
Asiedu-Nketia declines to score Akufo-Addo on COVID-19 fight
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, has declined to rate President Nana Akufo-Addo on his fight against the coronavirus pandemic in...
Coronavirus: Ghana’s case count now 1,671
Ghana's coronavirus cases have risen to 1,671 with 188 recoveries.Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has disclosed in a press briefing.The...
Three Burkinabes arrested for entering Ghana illegally
Three Burkinabes, who allegedly entered Ghana illegally, have been arrested at Babile in the Upper West region.The three men were busted en route to...
How getting Mahama health projects completed gave me sleepless nights – Minister recounts
Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has made a strong case that the Akufo-Addo-led government has never abandoned any health facility started by the previous government.Mr...
Works and Housing Ministers’ strong message to landlords amid covid-19
Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has cautioned landlords in the country not to host foreigners without Covid-19 clearance from medical experts.Speaking...
Covid-19: 10 food vendors, 3 taxi drivers test positive at Achimota Hospital
Ten food vendors and three taxi drivers who operate at the Achimota government hospital have tested positive for COVID-19, Starrfm.com.gh has gathered.The cases were...
Covid-19: Pabi residents live in fear as 3-day-old positive patient is yet to be isolated
Residents of Pabi, a village near Asamankese in the Lower West Akyem Municipality, are worried after health officials failed to isolate a person who...
Muslim Community donates GH₵130,000 to COVID-19 Fund
The Ghanaian Muslim Community has presented a cheque of GH¢130,000 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund.The presentation was made by the National Chief Imam,...
Coronavirus: Witches to pay $1,000 to popular pastor if…
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches has challenged Apostle Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries to go ahead with his promise to heal COVID-19 patients.ALSO READ:I...
Coronavirus: Upper East records 10 new cases
The Upper East Region has recorded 10 more cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.ALSO READ:Kasoa traders invoke curse on taskforce...
Coronavirus: Uber driver evicted from home and left to die
The last time Mary Jayaseelan spoke to her husband Rajesh, he was about to be hooked up to a ventilator in a Covid ward.Rajesh...
Sunyani city authorities hold mass burial for 33 unclaimed bodies
The Sunyani city authorities have buried 33 unclaimed bodies to decongest the Sunyani Regional Hospital morgue which was full due to the government’s ban...
Ban on ‘pragyia’ lifted at Dormaa-Ahenkro
Tricycle (Pragyia) riders at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region on Monday resumed operations following the temporary lifting of a...
Hackers target Wuhan lab in bid to uncover ‘truth’ about coronavirus
The Chinese lab at the heart of a coronavirus conspiracy theory has been targeted by hackers in a bid to uncover the 'truth' about the outbreak,...
Singer offers to donate plasma cell for COVID-19 treatment
Bollywood singer, Kanika Kapoor, who just recently recovered from COVID-19 infection, has offered to donate her plasma cell to treat other coronavirus positive patients....
Kasoa traders invoke curse on taskforce members over mandatory wearing of nose masks
Some traders at Kasoa new market have invoked curses on members of the Awutu Senya East Municipal Taskforce for forcing them to wear nose...
Fear grips Asamankese residents as health officials ‘fail’ to isolate covid-19 patient
There is fear and anxiety at Pabi, a village near Asamankese in the Lower West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern region, following failure by...
Covid-19: Bawumia reacts to KNUST, INCAS rapid diagnostic test
Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has praised the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and their partners for a breakthrough amid the...
Covid-19: Prophet T. B. Joshua turns to the mountain [Video]
Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua has spent four days at an undisclosed “prayer mountain” to “present the nations” to God in prayer.The cleric was notably...
Covid-19: Education Minister’s letter to parents [read]
The Ministry of Education has advised parents and guardians to give children a conducive environment for learning at home by not assigning them overwhelming...
Another Ghanaian nurse dies of coronavirus in the US
Another Ghanaian nurse in the United States (UN) has died from coronavirus after she contracted the disease while on admission at the hospital.Doreen Tay,...
Imposters of Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah in trouble!
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has warned persons taking advantage of social media platforms of government officials to dupe unsuspecting victims.According to him, he has...
Woman who received lockdown escapees tests positive for COVID-19
Residents in Pabi, a farming community near Asamankese in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region are living in fear after a 34-year-old...
$1 testing kits: Senegal’s approach to coronavirus
Without much of a health budget, Senegal is being championed for controlling the novel coronavirus.From early-detection mobile kits to 3D-printed ventilators, the West...
UN warns on ‘excessive force’ in coronavirus response
The United Nations Human Rights Office has warned countries against using excessive force during the Covid-19 pandemic.The agency urged governments to "recognize that the...