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A beauty queen’s strong warning to Ghanaians on Covid-19

Ghana has recorded 205 cases of COVID-19 barely a few weeks after the first cases were recorded.Amid the outbreak, there have been lots...

Akufo-Addo extends border closure by 2 more weeks

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has further extended the closure of Ghana's borders by an additional two-week period.This was announced by the Information Minister,...

Melcom, others donate to COVID-19 Trust Fund

Melcom Ghana Limited, the Lebanese community in Ghana, the Apolistic Church and Apostolic International are the latest groups to donate to Ghana's COVID-19 Trust...

COVID-19: A renowned gospel artiste’s view on Akufo-Addo’s call for a national day of prayer and fasting [listen]

Renowned gospel musician, Yaw Sarpong, has expressed his admiration for President Nana Akufo-Addo over the president’s decision to call for a national day of...

Lockdown: 14 Kasoa defiant residents remanded

The Awutu Ofaakor Circuit court has remanded into police custody 14 persons for defying the lockdown directives.These persons were arrested in Kasoa after several...

Why Yvonne Nelson thinks this year’s Easter will be meaningful amid coronavirus

Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, says the Coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown all just around the upcoming Easter season are to tell that Jesus “wants us...

Kempinski to layoff workers over coronavirus – Finance Minister reveals [listen]

Management of the plush Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra is to lay off about 85% of staff as the novel Coronavirus pandemic has...

Student’s coronavirus nightmare as she tests positive ‘twice’ and awaits third result

A student who says she has already tested positive twice for coronavirus and is awaiting results of her third test has spoken of her...

Zimbabwe turns water cannon on coronavirus

Zimbabwe’s police began using water cannon on Friday to disinfect markets and bus ranks, turning instruments associated with repression into weapons against the new...

Coronavirus in Africa: close to 8,000 cases, 334 deaths, 702 recoveries

There are now more than over 6,700 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of...

Coronavirus: India doctors ‘spat at and attacked’

Several healthcare workers in India have been attacked as they battle to stop the spread of the coronavirus.Reports say doctors have been spat at...

Nurses at Korle Bu’s accident centre boycott wards until they are all tested for coronavirus

Nurses at the Accidents and Emergency Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hosptial have announced that they will not work until all of them...

I don’t believe coronavirus killed my father – Obour

Former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana Bice Osei Kuffuor, has stated that he does not believe his father, Nana Osei Kuffour, died...

Obour holds father’s one-week observation online

The family of musician Obour, has observed the one week passing of Nana Osei Kuffour.ALSO READ:Pastors want churches listed as ‘essential services’Coronavirus fight: All...

Coronavirus fight: All hands on deck – Akufo-Addo to politicians

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the leadership of political parties in the country to join forces with the government in fighting the new coronavirus.Speaking...

Nigerian coronavirus patient ‘savagely bites a nurse [ photos]

A Nigerian Coronavirus patient has been detained in China for allegedly attacking and biting a Chinese nurse as he attempted to escape ...

Coronavirus: I see people die every day – Ghanaian nurse in USA shares experience

"I see people gasping for breath but there is nothing I can do as a nurse to help them," a frontline health worker working...

Listen: Korle Bu to deliver drugs to patients during lockdown

Good news for patients suffering from chronic diabetes, hypertension and auto-immune diseases receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching hospital.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Upper East records...

Coronavirus: Korle Bu has only 95 PPEs – CEO cries [audio]

Ghana’s premier health-care facility, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, has only 95 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for its essential front-line workers to battle the Covid-...

Coronavirus: Ridge Hospital doctor tests positive

A medical doctor at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge has tested positive for coronavirus.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Upper East records another case, total confirmed...

Coronavirus: Upper East records first case, total confirmed cases now 205

The Upper East region has recorded one COVID-19 case, the Ghana Health Service has said.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Korle Bu nurse tests positiveProphet predicts death of...

Coronavirus: Korle Bu nurse tests positive

A nurse working at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19 virus.ALSO READ:Meet Kumawood actress Yaa Jackson’s boyfriend Experts say coronavirus...

6-year-old dies of coronavirus in Kenya

Coronavirus cases in Kenya stand at 122 after 12 more people tested positive.Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi said in a briefing Friday that the patients...

Has Ghana made the right decision with hydroxychloroquine?

This is a question Ghana’s 30 million citizens and even more around the world may be asking right now after the Health Minister Kwaku...

Coronavirus fight not talk but action – Akandoh to govt

Ranking Member on Parliament’s (MP) Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, is not happy with the way the government is handling the fight against the...

Experts say coronavirus can spread through talking or even just breathing

A prestigious scientific panel told the White House Wednesday night that research shows coronavirus can be spread not just by sneezes or coughs, but...

Nigerians turn to rabbits for consolation during coronavirus lockdown

Sandra Dozie has a fluffy new friend to keep her company during the long tedious hours of a lockdown imposed to curb the spread...

Why John Dumelo thinks there’re more coronavirus cases in Ghana

Actor cum politician, John Dumelo, has called on the government to get more Ghanaians tested for the deadly coronavirus.He believes that getting more...

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson shares experience [Video]

United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has revealed he will remain in self-isolation as he is still suffering from a symptom of coronavirus.ALSO READ:Meet...

Oprah Winfrey finally reunites with boyfriend after 14 days of separated self-isolation [watch]

Oprah Winfrey and her life partner, Stedman Graham, made the decision to self-isolate separately so that they don’t infect one another in case the...

Coronavirus: Eto’o and Drogba lead crusade against ‘racist’ professors’ plan to test vaccine in Africa

Samuel Eto’o and Didier Drogba have hit back angrily at “racist and contemptuous” comments made by two doctors on French television suggesting studies...

Coronavirus lockdown: Nigerian Police officer arrested for assaulting civilian

A Police officer has been arrested for assaulting a ports worker who was picking up his friend who works with a medical equipment company...

44 foreign nationals attempting to flee Ghana stopped

Officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have arrested 44 foreign nationals who attempted using unapproved routes from Tatale in the Northern...

Coronavirus: Luxury Oxford Street apartment donated for isolation centre

A Real estate developer has pledged one of his premier property on Oxford Street at Osu in Accra to be used as a quarantine...

Covid-19: Minister reveals govt plans for Burkinabe, Guineans who tested positive in Ghana [Audio]

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disclosed plans by the government to repatriate Burkinabe and Guinean citizens who tested positive for coronavirus in the...

Indian couple names twin babies Corona and Covid

The pandemic caused by a new virus has brought the world to its knees, but that has not deterred a couple in Chhattisgarh...

Covid-19: Kojo Bonsu donates to frontline workers in Offinso

Former Chief Executive Officer for Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Kojo Bonsu, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to frontline workers in the coronavirus fight in...

Lockdown Breaches: Diasporans suggest better ways of dealing with defiant citizens

Some Ghanaians living abroad have suggested better ways of dealing with people who may go against the restrictions imposed on parts of the country.With...

Coronavirus: Why popular actress might ‘divorce’ hubby after lockdown

Popular Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade, has on Instagram shared with her followers what her husband did to her that made her threaten to leave...

Lockdown and how it has revived sex life in my marriage

I didn’t know I was going to get married to my wife.Before her, I had dated about seven different women and each one of...