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COVID-19: 1 more dead as Ghana’s active cases reach 1,138

One more person has died of the novel coronavirus bringing the death toll to 784, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).This comes as...

First man to get Covid-19 jab dies of unrelated illness

The second person in the world to get the Pfizer-BioNTech jab has died of an unrelated illness.Bill Shakespeare, 81, received his first Covid vaccine...

First man in world to get Covid-19 vaccine dies

The first man in the world to be given the Covid-19 vaccine has died.Tributes have been paid to 81-year-old William Shakespeare who hit global...

National Chief Imam prays for GJA Gen. Secretary aspirant, Akwasi Agyeman

Adom FM News and Current Affairs Editor, Akwasi Agyeman, has donated 1,000 nose masks to basic schools in Accra in the wake of the...

Indian couple holds mid-air wedding ‘to escape Covid-19 restrictions’

An Indian couple reportedly chartered a plane and held a mid-air wedding with more than 160 guests in an effort to escape coronavirus restrictions.Video...

COVID-19: Father of 5 dies after refusing vaccine

A Michigan family is mourning the loss of their beloved patriarch who passed from COVID-19 after refusing the vaccine.Antwone Rivers, 39, and his wife,...

COVID-19: No new cases recorded in Northern Region in 3 weeks

Deputy Public Health Director, Dr Hillariouse Abewu has disclosed that the Northern Region currently has no active Covid-19 cases.Dr Abewu who spoke to Joy...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 25th address on measures to deal with Covid-19 pandemic

I am embarking on a nine-day official working visit to France, Belgium and South Africa, as part of efforts being made to ensure our...

COVID-19: 2nd dose of vaccines to be deployed from May 19 – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has announced that, effective Wednesday, May 19, 2021, the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines will be deployed.He made the announcement during the...

Our target is to vaccinate all Ghanaian -Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated that the government is making all necessary efforts to ensure that every Ghanaian is vaccinated against the Corona Virus Disease...

COVID-19: Akufo-Addo to address Ghanaians on measures against pandemic

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will address the nation at 8:00 pm this Sunday, May 16, 2021, on the management of the coronavirus...

Covid-19: Check out MOH’s schedule for second doses

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has released a timetable as the administration of the second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine begins May 19.The...

Indian doctors warn against ‘bathing’ cow dung & urine as COVID cure [Video]

Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off COVID-19, saying there is no...

CDC says fully vaccinated Americans no longer need masks indoors or outdoors in most cases

Americans who are fully vaccinated can go without masks or physical distancing in most cases, even when they are indoors or in large groups,...

COVID-19: Ghana records 4 new deaths

Four more people have succumbed to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).In its latest update, the Service indicated that the...

COVID-19: Nigerian govt reintroduces lockdown

The Federal Government today reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions in all 36 states of the country, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.This new directive takes effect...

Virologist warns of third wave of Covid-19 in Ghana

A virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) is warning of a third wave of Covid-19 in the country if Ghanaians failed to...

Covid-19: GHS announces date for second doses roll-out

Ghana will on Wednesday, May 19 begin administering the second doses of Covishield, the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, to the segmented groups who received...

WHO approves Chinese Covid vaccine

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted emergency approval for the Covid vaccine made by Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm.It is the first vaccine developed...

Ghana takes delivery of 350,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Ghana has today, May 7, taken delivery of 350,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in an effort to get its vaccination programme back on...

Covid-19: Ghana records 57 new cases, active cases now 1,584

Ghana has recorded 57 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease.This brings the number of active cases in the country to 1,584, according to...

COVID-19: Indian doctor decides who lives and who dies

Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old. He doesn't even complete his medical training until next year. And yet, at one of the best hospitals...

Only 18 COVID-19 cases left in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that Nigeria has only 18 new COVID-19 cases with zero related death.This was revealed in...

Ghana to receive 350,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

Ghana is expected to take delivery of 350,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX facility today, Tuesday, May 4, 2021.President Nana Akufo-Addo made...

Covid-19: Minority demands temporary ban on flights from hotspot countries

The Minority in Parliament is demanding a temporary ban on all flights from Covid-19 hotspot countries.The NDC MPs argue that allowing the importation of...

Why Christ Embassy’s Pneumatica Night is trending

The church service organised by the Christ Embassy Church dubbed “Pneumatica Night 2021 is trending on social media for the wrong reasons.This is due...

Covid-19: Australians could face jail or fines if they return from India

Australian citizens returning home from India could face up to five years in jail and fines after the government made the journey temporarily illegal.The...

Kenya’s anti-vaccine doctor dies of Covid-19

A prominent Kenyan doctor who became an anti-vaccine campaigner and conspiracy theorist has died from the disease.Dr Stephen Karanja said it was unnecessary to...

Kenya’s anti-vaccine doctor dies of Covid

A prominent Kenyan doctor who became an anti-vaccine campaigner and conspiracy theorist has died from the disease.Dr Stephen Karanja said it was unnecessary to...

COVID-19: Ghana records 8 more deaths, active cases now 1,583

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that eight more Ghanaians have succumbed to the Covid-19 pandemic.In its latest update on its website, the...

COVID-19: Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues travel alert

The Ghana Health Service has advised Ghanaians to either cancel or postpone all non-essential travels to countries with high COVID-19 infection rates.A statement from...

India state holds elections despite soaring Covid-19 cases

People in the Indian state of West Bengal are voting in the final phase of elections despite soaring Covid cases.Long queues were seen outside...

More than 1.3m expiring vaccines in DRC to be re-distributed to Ghana, 5 others

More than 1.3 million AstraZeneca vaccines delivered to the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 4, 2021, are to be re-distributed to Ghana and...

COVID-19: Couple marry in PPE clothing [Video]

A couple in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, have been allowed to marry, despite the groom testing positive for coronavirus a few days earlier.Local officials were...

AfCFTA Secretariat, travelers question efficacy of Covid-19 tests at KIA

The Secretariat General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene has tested negative for Covid-19 after an earlier PCI test at...

KIA COVID-19 surge: Ghana’s call to duty

A letter from the Frontiers Healthcare Services sighted indicated an increase in the number of cases picked at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for...

77 prison inmates given Covid-19 vaccine overdose

Dozens of inmates at an Iowa prison were sickened this week after the prison’s nurses inadvertently administered overdoses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, an...

KIA COVID-19 surge: Minority calls for travel restrictions

The Minority in Parliament has asked the government to impose more travel restrictions due to the surge in COVID-19 cases at the Kotoka International...

COVID-19: Pfizer confirms fake versions of vaccine

US pharmaceutical company Pfizer says it has identified counterfeit versions of its coronavirus vaccine in Mexico and Poland.The doses were seized by authorities in...

Second dose of Covid-19 vaccine extended

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says Ghanaians who have taken their first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines should not be worried if they...