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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...

Potential coronavirus vaccines being tested for safety – Prof Alex Dodoo

Clinical pharmacologist and a professor at the Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology, Prof Alex Dodoo, has revealed that there has been significant progress in...

Prince William on “concern” for father Charles over coronavirus diagnosis

Prince William has spoken of his "concern" for this father Charles following his coronavirus diagnosis.Last month, Charles, 71, contracted the virus - with Clarence House saying...

Pregnant nurse, 28, who died of coronavirus lost dad to same virus

A pregnant nurse who died of coronavirus lost dad to the killer disease just two weeks ago, family said.Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, who worked...

If you are wearing gloves for grocery shopping, you must know these 4 important things

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, there is a lot of anxiety about the grocery shopping these days. And one common sight is of people wearing gloves while...

WHO gives six conditions for ending coronavirus lockdown

Countries that want to lift coronavirus restrictions must meet a row of conditions to prevent another surge of infections, Director-General of the World Health...

Africa may see millions of coronavirus cases, tentative WHO forecast shows

Coronavirus cases in Africa could shoot up from thousands now to 10 million within three to six months according to very provisional modelling, a...

Why women are more stressed than men during the lockdown

How are you these days? Many would just roll their eyes on being asked this question, while others would share their stories of how...

China’s virus-hit economy shrinks for first time in decades

China's economy shrank for the first time in decades in the first quarter of the year, as the virus forced factories and businesses to...

Ghana clearing about 12,000 backlog of Covid-19 test samples

Ghana’s laboratories have been tasked to work round the clock to process a backlog of over 12, 000 samples collected for testing for Covid...

Coronavirus: Tributes, donations pour in for pregnant Ghanaian nurse who died in UK

Tributes and donations are pouring in for a United Kingdom (UK)-based pregnant Ghanaian nurse who died of the deadly novel coronavirus disease.The nurse, identified...

Zoomlion’s CSR disinfection of institutions reaches Cape Coast University

Waste Management giant Zoomlion, in collaboration with some key media groups, has disinfected the University of Cape Coast as part of it's corporate...

UK’s coronavirus lockdown extended

The United Kingdom's (UK) coronavirus lockdown will continue until May 7, Dominic Raab confirmed today.The foreign secretary, standing-in for the Prime Minister who continues...

Faces of nurses who have died during the coronavirus pandemic pop up

Fifty frontline NHS staff members have died during the coronavirus pandemic.Some of those include doctors and nurses who have come out of retirement to...

Coronavirus patient shares her 14 debilitating symptoms – and first warning sign

A woman, who tested positive to coronavirus following more than two weeks of symptoms, has shared her experience to help others who may be...

People are refusing to sell to my wife – COVID-19 survivor ‘weeps’

Mr Fredrick Drah, a married man with four children and a survivor of COVID-19, says he will not wish his experience with the disease on anybody.Recounting his...

The video that angered Ken Agyapong to descend on Florence Obinim [watch]

Kennedy Agyapong has heavily descended on Florence Obinim, who is the wife of Bishop Daniel Obinim, the founder of the International God's Way church.According...

Coronavirus: The 12 major developments that happened on Thursday

Across the UK, new coronavirus deaths rose by 861 in 24 hours on Thursday, bringing the death toll from 12,868 to 13,729 according to...

Single mother, 45, dies of coronavirus leaving her 12-year-old daughter

A 12-year-old girl, whose mother died in hospital from Covid-19, has been left orphaned with no living relatives in the United Kingdom.Rutendo Mukotsanjera, aged...

Man who tested positive for coronavirus on the run in Upper West [photo]

A man, who tested positive to Covid-19 – the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus – in the Upper West Region, is at large.The...

How Mahama handled Ebola – Any lessons?

Ex-President John Mahama may have prepared for a possible Ebola outbreak but Ghana would not have been able to contain it at the time...

COVID-19: Ghana is safe; not to go into economic recession – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana is not likely to go into an economic recession in the third or fourth quarter of this year due...

Lockdown Diaries: Wife flees from husband over marathon sex [Video]

Below is a video showing a wife fleeing from her husband over his insatiable quest for sex.The wife can be seen crying while her...

Grand Master of Freemasons orders all Masons to release money to fight COVID-19

The Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Ghana, R.W. Bro. Isaac Owulaku Hood, has issued a notice to all members to contribute...

COVID-19: G20 suspends $20 billion debt payments by poor countries

Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies agreed on Wednesday to suspend debt service payments for the world’s poorest countries from May...

Covid-19 lockdown: Registered water sellers to be paid commissions at the end of the month – Sanitation Minster

Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Dapaah, has revealed plans by the government to pay commissions to persons registered and authorised by...

Falsified Chloroquine products circulating in Africa – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has received a notification through the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Surveillance and Monitoring System for substandard and...

Your sanitizer may be fake; check out list of all 327 FDA-approved hand sanitizers here

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has released a list of 327 approved hand sanitizers in the midst of growing concerns about the...

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah clears air on trending El-Wak mobile mortuary photos

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said the mobile morgues that can be currently found at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra are part...

Coronavirus: 71% of cases have no travel history – GHS

Following the sharp rise of COVID-19 cases in Ghana, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that 71 percent of confirmed cases between March...

Covid-19: Pornhub premium is now free to encourage everyone to stay home

Another company is offering everyone some free perks during this period of self-isolation, and this time it’s Pornhub. The adult content site is offering everyone...

Recovered coronavirus patient narrates how stigma almost killed him [listen]

A 51-year-old Ghanaian man, who has recovered from the novel Coronavirus, sharing his experience, has revealed how stigmatisation almost killed him.The recovered patient, Mr...

Covid-19 lockdown: Energy Minister explains what it means to be ECG lifeline consumer

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his last televised address to the nation announced some relief packages to help mitigate the...