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Coronavirus: What fake news have you been fed with so far?

As cases of the coronavirus increase around the world, there's been a flurry of misleading or false news stories emerging, as well.There have been...

Former Congo President dies of coronavirus

Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said.Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He...

Photos: Duncan-Williams feeds farmers at Adjiringanor

The Founder and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has fed a group of young farmers at Adjringanor, a...

Female MP compares coronavirus to bad boyfriends

A Kenyan MP has tickled many with her comparison of coronavirus to lousy men and bad boyfriends.Burna Boy breaks silence on losing Grammy to...

Coronavirus: 3 Ghanaians confirmed dead in US [audio]

Three Ghanaians resident in New York in the United States o f America (USA) have died of COVID-19.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Ghana records 9 new cases;...

Listen: Asiedu Nketia blasts Amidu over Airbus invitation

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken strong exception to the decision to reopen the controversial Airbus scandal case.According to its General Secretary,...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 9 new cases; confirmed cases now 161

Nine new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Ghana, Ghana Health Service has confirmed.All nine were reported from Accra, three of them travelled...

Covid-19: Accra empty as lockdown begins (Photos)

Parts of Accra have gone quiet and empty as the partial lockdown announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo takes effect.The President ordered the lockdown as...

Coronavirus: CNN anchor tests positive

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Covid-19. He is feeling well, and will continue to anchor his 9:...

Coronavirus: Action Chapel supports over 400 needy members during lockdown

Action Chapel Internationa (ACI)l, led by its founder, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has reached out to over 400 of its members who needed ...

Covid-19 Lockdown: Interior Minister’s strong caution to security officers abusing citizens [listen]

Interior Minister, Ambrose Derry, is assuring security officials who abuse citizens as part of efforts to enforce the restrictions imposed by the president will...

Suspected Coronavirus cases at KATH test negative

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has announced 10 of its staff, who were exposed to patients with the infectious coronavirus diseases, have tested...

36 foreigners, two Ghanaians arrested for using unapproved routes to Ghana

Officials of the Immigration Service in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region have arrested 38 persons who allegedly entered the ...

COVID-19: Tamale ‘quarantine escapee’ found

The Guinean national, who escaped from quarantine at a guest house in Tamale, has been found.The 21-year-old Guinean was among 10 persons in mandatory...

ER Covid-19: 28 clinical suspected cases test negative, authorities mount search for other returnees

All 28 clinical suspected cases of Covid-19 in the Eastern region have tested negative at the Noguchi Memorial Institute.Three out of four contact...

‘I found out my husband cheated with my friend – now we’re in lockdown together’

The coronavirus pandemic has changed our daily lives for the foreseeable future, with many people on lockdown, staying inside their homes.For those living on their own,...

Opambour cries on live TV over Coronavirus lockdown

The General Overseer of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom, popularly known as Prophet One, has reacted to the partial lockdown declared...

Elikem Kumordzie tests negative for coronavirus but… [Video]

Celebrity tailor, Elikem Kumordzie who was placed under mandatory quarantine has tested negative for coronavirus but will remain in quarantine for some more days.The...

Doctor’s heartbreaking selfie with wife as she is moved to coronavirus isolation

A doctor posted a heartbreaking selfie with his wife as he said goodbye to her before she was moved to a coronavirus isolation ward.The photo shows...

Immigration service deploys 3,500 personnel for ‘Operation COVID Safety’

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has deployed about 3,500 personnel to enforce directives for the partial lockdown of Accra, Tema and Kumasi to curb the spread...

Coronavirus: GHS to embark on house-to-house testing at high risk communities

The Ghana Health Services will soon hit high-risk communities in Ashanti Region to embark on a house-to-house testing of persons who may have come...

Student dies of coronavirus weeks before graduation

Weeks before he was set to graduate at the Western Michigan University, a Nigerian-America student, Bassey Offiong, died from coronavirus after being refused a...

Newmont Ghana supports COVID-19 fight with $100,000

Newmont Ghana has announced a US$100,000 support package for Ghana’s public health efforts to minimise the transmission of coronavirus in the country.Newmont Ghana’s...

Coronavirus: 31 positive patients recover in Ghana [Audio]

Thirty-one out of 152 coronavirus positive patients in Ghana have recovered, Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has said.The recovered patients, the minister said, have...

Man abuses passenger for wearing ‘nose mask’ in ‘trotro’; claims sanitisers do nothing [Watch]

Some social media users have been amazed by a video of a man sitting in a commercial bus and preaching against the use of hand...

NPP Parliamentary Race: Obour contender suspends campaign over death of musician’s father

One of the aspiring parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante-Akim South Constituency, William Yamoah, has suspended his campaign to...

Registrar General extends deadline for filing annual returns

The Registrar General's Department has announced the extension of deadline for the filing of annual returns in the wake of the spread of the...

Coronavirus: Infected patient escapes

One of the eight Guineans who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has escaped from the facility in which they are being quarantined in...

LEKMA medical doctor with coronavirus came into contact with about 65 people [audio]

It has emerged that the medical doctor who tested positive for the infectious coronavirus at the LEKMA Hospital at Teshie came into contact with...

Congo’s ex-president Yhombi-Opango dies of coronavirus

The former president of the Republic of Congo, Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, has died in Paris from complications related to coronavirus.He was 81 years old....

Coronavirus kills Ghanaian nurse in US

The former head nurse of Jacobi Medical Center’s psychiatric unit was concerned about the lack of coronavirus precautions and testing while working there —...

Lockdown: Over 20 ‘kayayei’, babies caught in Walewale-bound cargo truck [Photos]

Over 20 living head potters and infants have been discovered in a cargo truck parked at Baden Powell Area on the High Street in...

Revealed: Where the LEKMA medical doctor with coronavirus also works

 It has been revealed the LEKMA Hospital doctor, who has tested positive for the infectious coronavirus, also works at a hospital at Airport.The Municipal...

Coronavirus: Why Dept Info Minster thinks increase in cases is good news

Deputy Minister for Information, Pius Enam Hadzie, is of the opinion that the increase in number of coronavirus cases is good news for Ghana.Speaking...

US to evacuate nationals amid Nigeria lockdown

The US is evacuating its nationals from Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, and the capital, Abuja, after the two cities were placed on a...

Covid-19: When loved ones are removed from your home… – Yvonne Nelson pens lockdown note to Ghanaians

Actress Yvonne Nelson is of the view that Ghanaians should strictly observe the 14-day 'partial' lockdown announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo in an attempt...

Coronavirus: Infected LEKMA doctor also works for medical facility at Airport; inside story [Audio]

Municipal Director of Health at the LEKMA Hospital in Teshie, Jacqueline Sfarijiani, has confirmed that a medical doctor at the facility has tested positive...

Obour demands late father’s autopsy report from Ridge Hospital

Former President of Musicians Union, Ghana, Bice Osei Kuffour, is demanding an autopsy report of his late father, Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour, who died...

Coronavirus: King ‘isolates’ with 20 women

Thailand’s playboy king has taken over a luxury German hotel to isolate from the coronavirus — along with a harem of 20 women, according...

Coronavirus: Obour breaks silence on news of ‘testing positive’

Former President of Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour, has reacted to news of having tested positive to coronavirus.Reports have been rife...