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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson discharged from hospital

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left hospital after being treated for coronavirus, but will not immediately return to work, Downing Street says.ALSO...

Lockdown dairies: Couple holds wedding online [photo]

A newly wed couple is trending on social media for getting married despite the Covi-19 lockdown.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo extends ban on public gatherings to...

Coronavirus: Ashaiman, Mandela markets closed

The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) has temporarily closed the Ashaiman Central and Mandela markets after the Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) identified...

Coronavirus: Ambassadors protest China’s racist testing of Africans

African Group of Ambassadors in Beijing have registered their opposition to China’s alleged ongoing forceful testing and quarantine and maltreatment of...

Coronavirus: List of animals that can be farmed for meat in China

The Chinese government released a new list of animals that can be farmed for meat as the country begins to reopen to a...

Coronavirus: How to celebrate a birthday during pandemic

The global coronavirus pandemic has drastically disrupted daily life around the world, and birthday kings and queens, unfortunately, don’t have the power to wish...

Coronavirus: NDC blames NIA for cases in Eastern region

The Eastern Regional branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has blamed the National Identification Authority (NIA) for the coronavirus cases recorded in...

Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo extends ban on public gatherings to two weeks

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on social gatherings in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Greater Kumasi by two more weeks effective Monday, April...

Coronavirus: Check out Queen Elizabeth’s prophecy

"Coronavirus will not overcome us," the Queen has said, in an Easter message to the nation.ALSO READ:READ: Why Bawumia thinks Ghana’s scientists are the...

READ: Why Bawumia thinks Ghana’s scientists are the best

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commended Ghanaian scientists working around the clock to fight the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Ghana scientists obtain critical...

Coronavirus: Pastor Chris’ position on ban on churches will shock you [Watch]

The founder and president of LoveWorld Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has reacted to the decision by governors in...

Coronavirus: Three pastors sue govt

Three pastors have sued Kenyan government after church services stopped operating due to the coronavirus lockdown put in place to halt the...

NCCE mounts coronavirus public education in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has mounted COVID-19 Public Education Campaign to ensure the public...

Coronavirus: Prof. Plange-Rhule’s death: The inside story

Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare has disclosed that government did all it could to save the life of renowned physician ...

Coronavirus: 3 more people test positive in Upper East Region

Three more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Upper East Region, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the region to...

Coronavirus: Ghana scientists obtain critical information for easy contact tracing

Scientists at the University of Ghana have obtained critical information about the virus responsible for the global Covid-19 pandemic that will enable tracing of...

Papa Owusu-Ankomah recovering from Coronavirus

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Papa Owusu-Ankomah, who was earlier admitted at an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after testing positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19)...

12 Ghanaians die of Coronavirus in US

Nine more Ghanaian residents of New York in the United States of America (USA) have died of the novel coronavirus disease, bringing the total...

COVID-19 has exposed Capitalism, shown Technocracy is best – Scientist

Ghanaian Scientist and Engineer, Dr Bright Sogbey, has noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed capitalism as a bad system and shown that technocracy...

Brafoyaw residents protest use of Aggrey Memorial as isolation centre

 Chief and people of Brafoyaw in the Central region on Saturday blocked the main entrance of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School to protest attempts to use...

Lockdown: Founder of Pure City Int. school supports widows, orphans

Founder of Pure City International School, as part of his corporate social responsibility has donated to widows and orphans at Odumasi and Oshuman in...

Covid-19: Equipment operator to self-isolate over conflicting coronavirus test results

An equipment operator at Meridian Port Services is self-isolating as his second suspected COVID-19 test results has been positive despite testing negative earlier.Port authorities...

How coronavirus is changing funerals amid lockdown

For a long time, funerals were sad occasions where many people congregated to bid farewell to a loved one and some vigils would take...

Why top govt official battling coronavirus should be sent to a hospital in his constituency

Musician-turned-politician, Kwame A-Plus, has urged the government to fly in one of its diplomats, Papa Owusu Ankomah, who has tested positive to coronavirus, to...

Lockdown: Latest craze in town, pillowcase challenge explodes on social media

Thanks to pillow, a new challenge has hit social media and people are already loving it.While the world is battling with the coronavirus pandemic, some...

Photos + Video: Thirst for water in rural communities in time of Coronavirus

A resident of Kukpehi in the Sangnerigu Municipal Assembly in the Northern region cannot afford to buy hand sanitiser which could help him prevent...

Coronavirus: China descends on Ghanaians, others, Ghana govt reacts

Government is disappointed with reports of inhumane treatment being meted out to Ghanaians in China following the coronavirus pandemic in Africa.This comes on the back of widespread...

Coronavirus: The children struggling to survive India’s lockdown [Pictures]

The sudden imposition of a 21-day lockdown in India to stop the spread of the coronavirus has thrown the lives of millions of children...

Apple, Google bring COVID-19 contact-tracing to 3 billion people

Apple and Google unveiled a rare partnership to add technology to their smartphone platforms that will alert users if they have come into contact...

Ghana records 8th coronavirus death

Two persons has been confirmed dead in Ghana after contracting the novel Coronavirus disease, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reports.Details of the deceased...

New Ebola case confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo

A new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed today in the city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).“While not...

COVID-19: Gbetseli chief feeds aged in his community

Chief of Gbetseli, Nii Teye Kojo Sune (I), as part of efforts to mitigate the plight of the vulnerable in the face of...

PPE donations from China could be contaminated – African leaders told

African leaders have been urged to be wary of donations from China in the form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies as...

A food safety expert’s view on why you’re unlikely to get the coronavirus from groceries or takeout

I was the 136th journalist to interview Ben Chapman this month. That’s not exactly surprising — we are in the middle of a pandemic, and...

COVID-19: Criteria for SMEs to access govt’s GH¢ 600 million soft loan

The criteria for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the country to access government’s GHc 600 million soft loan has been outlined by...

Jinapor brothers clash over light bills

A relief package announced on Thursday for consumers of electricity has stoked a debate between two brothers on two sides of Ghana’s main political divide.While John...

Ghana records 30 new coronavirus cases, total up to 408

Ghana has recorded 30 more cases of the deadly coronavirus. This was announced by the Ghana Health Service on its website on Saturday, April...

COVID-19: Sammy Gyamfi makes case for private health workers

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, is advocating for the inclusion of private health workers in tax exemptions, salary increments...

Africans in China are on edge as coronavirus sparks anti-foreigner sentiment

The African community in Guangzhou is on edge after widespread accounts were shared on social media of people being left homeless this week, as...

How to turn leggings into nose mask – Mzbel shows the way in this video [Watch]

Singer Mzbel has posted a video on her Instagram page to teach her followers the simple way of turning their leggings, a tight-fitting stretch...