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Covid-19: China approves three vaccines for clinical trials

China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials, said an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Tuesday. An adenovirus...

WHO releases children’s book on COVID 19

The coronavirus pandemic seems like a big black cloud, which is hovering over our heads. With more than 10,000 total cases and 300 deaths in...

Village uses ‘ghosts’ to scare people during lockdown

An Indonesian village, Kepuh, has been employing the help of 'ghosts' to force people to obey lockdown rules as a measure to deal with...

Coronavirus: Parents name newborn baby sanitiser

A newborn in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh in India has been christened Sanitiser by his parents in a way that archives the trying time the...

TOR boss fingered in $4.5 million bribery scandal

Tema Oil Refinery boss, Asante Berko is currently in hot waters for his alleged role in the latest bribery scandal that has hit Ghana. Mr...

Ghana not going back to IMF-supported programme – Gabby Otchere

Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has said Ghana will not be going back to an IMF-supported programme on the...

Pastor who vowed to keep preaching unless he was “in jail or the hospital” dies of Covid-19

The evangelical pastor, who vowed to keep preaching unless he was "in jail or the hospital", has died of COVID-19 weeks after defiantly opening...

Coronavirus: Bill Gates hopes to reach 7bn people with potential vaccine

Microsoft billionaire, Bill Gates, has said that getting vaccines to seven billion people would be challenging but a target that must be worked...

Coronavirus: Spain begins to ease lockdown to revive economy

Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the coronavirus, is beginning to ease strict lockdown measures that have brought its economy...

Coronavirus: Tourists forced to write ‘I am so sorry’ 500 times over lockdown breach [photos]

Some 10 foreigners, who broke a coronavirus lockdown in an Indian town made famous by the Beatles, were forced to repent by writing "I...

Coronavirus: Drogba offers hospital in virus fight

Former Chelsea forward, Didier Drogba, has offered his hospital in his native Ivory Coast to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a local...

Lockdown dairies: Girl ,15, commits suicide

A teenage girl in California killed herself after she reportedly struggled to cope with the state's stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus outbreak.  ALSO READ: Woman loses...

How UK health system killed my cousin – Popular actress cries

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has announced the death of her cousin from a kidney transplant complication.  ALSO READ: Diddy dances with Tiwa Savage live on Instagram; talks about...

Coronavirus’ genetic makeup traced back to US funded experiments on bats in Wuhan laboratories

Scientists have sequenced the COVID-19 genome and traced it back to bats found in caves in China’s Yunnan community. Bats from Yunnan were, however, used for...

Woman loses her entire family to coronavirus

A woman from Michigan has lost her husband of 35 years and her only son to coronavirus within three days of one another. ALSO READ: NDC...

Add domestic violence prevention plans in national response to COVID-19 – Guterres says as domestic abuse cases double

General-Secretary of the United Nations The United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, has asked the world governments to include domestic violence prevention and redress plans...

Woman, 21, dies of Covid-19 while awaiting liver transplant

A "bubbly" young nursery worker has died after testing positive for coronavirus while in hospital awaiting a liver transplant. Katie Horne's family have been left...

Pope calls for global solidarity in Easter message

Pope Francis has called for global solidarity to fight the coronavirus crisis in his Easter message read to an empty St Peter's Basilica. "This is...

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson shares near death experience

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it "could have gone either way" as he thanked healthcare workers for saving his life after...

Coronavirus: US death toll overtakes Italy as world’s highest

The United States has now overtaken Italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world. The latest data, compiled by Johns Hopkins...

Coronavirus: Pope calls for global solidarity in Easter message

Pope Francis has called for global solidarity to fight the coronavirus crisis in his Easter message read to an empty St Peter's Basilica. "This is...

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...

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: 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

British Airways cabin crew boss dies from coronavirus

A much-loved British Airways cabin boss has died from coronavirus in the same hospital where the Prime Minister is being cared for. Ian Johnson, a...

Coronavirus: US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day

The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. Figures from Johns Hopkins...

Ghanaian nurse dies of Covid-19 [Video]

Freda Ocran, a Ghanaian nurse who worked as the former head nurse at New York City’s Jacobi Medical Centre has died of the Covid-19. Mrs...

Coronavirus: Thailand bans sale of alcohol

Thailand is trying a new tactic in its battle against the new coronavirus: banning the sale of alcoholic beverages to try to curb...

Coronavirus: North Korea testing, quarantining, still says no cases – WHO

North Korea, one of only a handful of countries not to have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, has said that it continues testing...

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson’s father speaks

Boris Johnson "must rest up" after he was moved from intensive care with coronavirus, his father has said. ALSO READ: Lockdown: I feed on...

Coronavirus: License of popular TV station in Zambian revoked!

The Zambian government has revoked the license of one of the country's most popular TV station for "refusing to air free coronavirus-awareness adverts." ALSO READ: Woman reveals...

COVID-19: Sweden refuses to lockdown, believes in its citizens to do the right thing

Much of Europe is still on coronavirus lockdown, with severe restrictions on movement and penalties for those who transgress. But not Sweden. Restaurants and bars are...

Coronavirus: New York using mass graves amid outbreak

Images have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues...

Oil producers agree to cut production by a tenth

Opec producers and allies have agreed to cut output by around 10% to counter the slump in demand caused by coronavirus lockdowns. The group said...

Doctor says 5G isn’t spreading coronavirus and labels theories ‘impossible’

A conspiracy theory claiming 5G wireless communication technology is responsible for causing the coronavirus crisis has been widely shared online. Social media bosses have been urged to...