FULL TEXT: Akufo-Addo’s address on enhanced response to combat coronavirus
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening,Today, Sunday, 19th April, 2020, is exactly three (3) weeks since I came to you and announced the imposition of restrictions...
Infographics: All you need to know about Akufo-Addo’s address on lockdown
President Nana Akufo-Addo has addressed the nation for the seventh time since the country began its fight against the novel coronavirus.Throughout his addresses, the...
Ban on social gatherings still in force
President Nana Akufo-Addo has lifted the three-week lockdown imposed in some parts of the country in order to control the spread of the deadly...
Pastor Adeboye passes new prophecy on Covid-19
Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has declared that Nigeria will survive the scare of Covid-19 before...
Covid-19 Lockdown: Victory Bible Church supplies food items to over 2,000 homes in Awoshie
Victory Bible Church International (VBCI), one of the leading charismatic and pentecostal churches in Ghana, has given out food items to over 2,000 homes...
Why Meningitis has killed 40 up north
Four hundred people have been infected with a
new strain of meningitis – an inflammation of the meninges (the three membranes
that cover the brain and...
COVID-19: Meridian port services staff tests negative after conflicting results
An equipment operator at Meridian Port Services (MPS) in Tema, who was asked to self-isolate over suspected COVID-19 symptoms, has tested negative in what...
Covid-19: NDC team writes to govt over isolation centres in Ghana
The National Democratic Congress' (NDC) technical team on Covid-19 has asked the government to make public all COVID-19 isolation centres in the country.According...
Only people with dark personality traits stay friends with an ex-lover, says study
Ending a relationship with a loved one isn't easy. For many, what remains a Herculean task to achieve after a break-up is to decide...
Lockdown: Techiman market to be shut
The Municipal Chief Executive of the Techiman Assembly, John Donyina, has announced a one-week closure of its main market amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking at...
Zoomlion donates US $20,000 to Noguchi to help fight COVID-19
Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has donated US$ 20,000 (GHC120,000.00) to the University of Ghana Noguchi...
Israeli drug ‘Opaganib’ successful in treating patients with COVID-19
Opaganib is a 'new chemical entity' administered orally to patients with Covid-19 and it performs “anticancer, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory activities.”The experimental drug from the Israeli biopharmaceutical...
I’m quarantined with my abuser; here’s what I want you to know
This was supposed to be the year I left an unhappy marriage of almost 20 years that came with psychological and emotional abuse.I...
Ghana’s Covid-19 deaths rise to 9
One more person has died as Ghana's Coronavirus cases have surged to 834, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported.According to the GHS, the...
Ghana’s coronavirus cases jump to 834
Ghana’s Coronavirus case count has increased to 834.This comes after 193 new cases were recorded from various parts of the country. This is the...
200 pregnant ‘Kayayei’ should be tested for coronavirus – Association President
Government is to decide the fate of over 200 pregnant head porters also known as ‘Kayayei’, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia...
How many rounds of s3x are enough?
She was 21 when I fell in love with her. I was 24 and had all my youthful exuberance intact. We were young...
No vaccine for new strain of bacteria causing meningitis outbreak in Upper West – GHS
It has emerged that there is no vaccine for the strain of bacteria that has caused an outbreak of meningitis in the Upper...
U.S. lab tests confirm that ‘sunlight destroys coronavirus quickly’
American scientists have confirmed earlier assumptions that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and humidity.The assumption has long been spoken of but without...
Buhari’s Chief of Staff who died from coronavirus buried [photos]
The Nigerian president’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who died on Friday after contracting the new coronavirus, has been buried in Abuja.He...
Sex workers slash rates to attract customers despite lockdown
The noisome ambience reeked of marijuana and cigarettes as our correspondent walked down Ipodo Street on Tuesday evening.Sitting on the outskirts of Allen,...
40 things every woman should have by age 40
“The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience.”...
At least 300,000 Africans expected to die in coronavirus pandemic – UN agency
The Covid-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa...
‘My wife gave birth yesterday and we have nothing to eat’
All 20 million people living in Nigeria's second-biggest city, Kano, are under a seven-day lockdown starting from Friday.Poverty and religion are the major issues...
16 countries in the world with no case of coronavirus
The virus, which causes the illness known as COVID-19, is a
global pandemic.The
virus, which leads to a respiratory illness that can be transmitted from
droplets of...
Coronavirus: WHO casts doubt on antibody tests
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just cautioned against placing too much stock in antibody tests - they're the tests to see if someone...
Experts reveal strange symptom of coronavirus: Colour of your toes (Photos)
This
skin condition could be the "new anosmia," experts say, because it
often appears in coronavirus patients without any other symptoms.The
longer the novel
coronavirus circulates, the more unexpected symptoms...
Bawumia picks calls at 311 Covid-19 Call Centre [Watch]
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commended the hardworking staff of the Covid-19 Call Centre for their contributions to the national fight against the...
Covid-19: Massaging test results is sin against God, science – Noguchi reacts to allegations
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has debunked allegations that the Institute does not report actual Covid-19 cases.This comes after rumours that...
‘I’m in lockdown with my wife and just learned she’s having another man’s baby’
With no definite end to the coronavirus lockdown in sight, many of us will continue to find ourselves confined to our homes for the vast majority...
This Indian bride broke all the rules and wore a white dress on her wedding
Red maybe synonymous with Indian weddings and brides, but we do end up coming across pretty ladies who dare to be different and we...
11 revealing quotes about money
From Abraham Lincoln to the ineffable Warren Buffet, many of the the world’s greatest minds have left us their thoughts on money.Just a...
Covid-19: Taxi drivers refuse to pick nurses over coronavirus stigma
At a time when the government is fighting stigma of coronavirus, some taxi drivers show, there is a long way to go in reducing...
Scuffle as coronavirus patient attempts to escape from isolation centre
A coronavirus patient undergoing treatment at the Infectious Disease Control Center, Down Quarters, Kaduna South attempted to escape from the isolation centre but...
Wuhan officials revise city’s coronavirus death toll upwards by 50%
China has revised its official death toll from the novel coronavirus, raising the number of fatalities attributed to the pandemic by more than a third.Officials in Wuhan,...
Coronavirus: Upper East region records 8 cases with one death
The Upper East region recorded four new cases of confirmed COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to eight.The laboratory feedback was received...
9 reasons why crying is good for your health
Crying is seen as a negative emotion. Well, it is true to an extent since people cry when they are not happy with something...
12 things you should never to say to a woman
Most of us have probably been there. You absent-mindedly let slip a comment to a woman that you wish you could somehow take back...
8 herbs and seeds that can boost your immunity
At a time when the world is dealing with the deadly coronavirus, it is necessary to take extra precautions to keep yourself protected from...
Veep Bawumia takes calls from Ghanaians in distress [Video]
A video of Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, taking calls from Ghanaians in distress has popped up on social media.Dr Bawumia, on Thursday, visited the...