Health

GHS releases details of coronavirus patients who have died

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has released details of the 28 persons who have so far succumbed to coronavirus pandemic. The list, which was posted...

Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital receives medical supplies from Herona Company Limited

Herona Company Limited has donated medical supplies worth GH¢229,835.05 to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The list of items included but...

Akufo-Addo’s claim that Ghana leads Covid-19 testing in Africa is false – French News Agency (AFP)

The French News Agency (AFP) has described as false President Nana Akufo-Addo’s claim that Ghana “has administered more tests per million people than any...

Can coronavirus live in your hair? For how long?

Yes, the virus can stay even on your hair What we know about COVID-19 is constantly evolving. Researchers across the world are studying the virus...

Here are the 9 top contenders for coronavirus vaccines

Here are the 9 top contenders for coronavirus vaccines Even as countries toy with the idea of relaxing lockdown and restarting life in the COVID...

Volta Region records first Covid-19 death

The Volta Region on Friday recorded its first Covid-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in Ho. The deceased, a 60-year-old woman who returned from...

Ghana records 4 more deaths as Covid-19 cases rise to 5,638

Additional 108 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Ghana since its last update on Thursday, May 14, 2020, increasing the cases to 5,638. According...

Coronavirus: Pastor sells boiled eggs as churches remain closed [Video]

A pastor and a father of six has decided to go to the streets to hawk smokies after he was forced to cancel worship...

32 nurses and midwives test positive for COVID-19

The Ghana Registered Nurses' and Midwife' Association (GRNMA) says 32 of its members have tested positive for coronavirus across the country. According to the Association,...

Artistic impression of 47-year-old KATH Maternity Block [photos]

Below are photos of how the 47-year-old Maternity and Children's Block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital will look when completed. The project, which was...

Covid-19 in Ghana: Watch recovered patients jubilate [Video]

A video of some Ghanaians believed to have recovered from the deadly novel coronavirus, massively jubilating has been sighted by Adomonline.com. The video shows dozens...

Covid-19 patient recounts humiliating experience with health workers [audio]

A middle-aged woman, believed to have tested positive for coronavirus, has recounted the humiliation her family has suffered from health workers. The woman, who spoke...

Tears as Covid-19 patient shares devastating stigmatisation story [Listen]

A Covid-19 patient has recounted how she has become an object of ridicule before many of her friends and relatives after testing positive for...

Covid-19: Boy, 15 escapes quarantine in Wa

A 15-year-old boy who tested positive for coronavirus in the Upper West Region has reportedly escaped from quarantine. The Upper West Regional Police Command announced...

Some Ghanaians don’t believe coronavirus is real – NCCE

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has said despite the numerous public education about the novel coronavirus, some Ghanaians still do not believe...

Man in shock after DNA proves one of newborn twins is not his

A Chinese man is left stunned after finding out that his twin babies have two fathers. The parent, who remains unidentified, made the shocking discovery...

What we know about airborne transmission of coronavirus so far

For the past several months, the world has been dealing with an unprecedented crisis, which came in the form of coronavirus pandemic. The new strains of...

Talking can generate coronavirus droplets that linger up to 14 minutes

Coughs or sneezes may not be the only way people transmit infectious pathogens like the novel coronavirus to one another. Talking can also launch...

Ghana: Covid-19 cases and hotspots

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has been reported to have declared 10 Metropolis, Municipalities and Districts in two regions as coronavirus hotspots. They include Tema,...

Covid-19: Top govt official opens lid on drugs used to treat his case

A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has said “hydroxychloroquine” was amongst the medications he used to...

Covid-19: Ghana receives diagnostic equipment and kits [photos]

The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission has handed over MIC-PCR diagnostic equipment and kits to the Government of Ghana to help in the fight against...

5 reasons why seeing a therapist works better than talking to a friend

Therapy can help improve symptoms of many mental health conditions. In therapy, people also learn to cope with symptoms that may not respond to treatment...

VGMA to hold ‘Covid-19 Heroes’ virtual concert [Video]

The Ghana Music Awards Foundation has announced plans to hold a virtual concert in honour of frontline health workers leading Ghana’s battle against the...

Minister clears air on lockdown of Obuasi [listen]

Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has responded to calls by a section of the public to place restrictions on movement of persons within the...

Health Minister chides Ghanaian journalists

Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has chastised journalists for non-compliance to the social distancing safety protocol put in place to control the spread...

COVID-19 guidelines: Police to embark on mass arrest of stubborn people

The government is said to be considering certain legal options to ensure stricter enforcement of COVID-19 preventive and safety guidelines in the country. The legal...

COVID-19: All African countries infected as Lesotho records first case

The southern African country of Lesotho has recorded its first coronavirus case, its health ministry has said, becoming the last nation on the continent...

Ghana’s coronavirus cases rise to 5,530 with 674 recoveries

Ghana’s novel coronavirus cases have risen to 5,530 with recoveries also rising to 674. The cases have risen by 122 from the previous figure of...

No country, organisation can stop Madagascar’s COVID-Organics – President

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI, Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina defended his promotion of a controversial homegrown remedy for Covid-19 despite...

Cats with no symptoms spread virus to other cats in lab test

Cats can spread the new coronavirus to other cats without any of them ever having symptoms, a lab experiment suggests. Scientists who led the work, reported...

Coronavirus antibody test – what it is and what difference it will make for you

A coronavirus antibody test has been approved by Public Health England this week, following weeks of development. The antibody test can tell people if they’ve...

Here are 3 types of jokes your partner may never find funny

It is important to realise that partners are meant to laugh more with each other, not at each other. Many great relationship thrives on laughter,...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 281 new cases; total now 5,408

Ghana has recorded 281 more coronavirus cases taking the national tally to 5,408, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said. In an update on the...

Taskforce for establishment of Ghana’s early warning centre inaugurated

A 10-member taskforce to draw up modalities and facilitate the establishment of a National Early Warning Centre in Ghana has been inaugurated at the...

The 7 lesser-known COVID-19 symptoms that everyone should be aware of

As the highly infectious novel coronavirus continues to sweep the globe, countries around the world are struggling to flatten the curve even with strict lockdown and...

Customers chased out of the bank for defying social distancing [Video]

Chairman of the Ikwerre Local Government Area in River State, Nigeria on Wednesday stormed the United Bank of Africa (UBA)’s branch in the area...

What Kwesi Pratt wants done to ‘stubborn Ghanaians’ who don’t believe coronavirus exists [Audio]

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has called on health authorities to immediately show coronavirus patients on television to people who...

Coronavirus detected in South Sudan camps

Health officials in South Sudan have for the first time confirmed cases of coronavirus in camps for people displaced by conflict. Two people have become...

COVID-19 treatment: Do these alternate treatment plans work in fighting coronavirus?

Alternate treatment methods for coronavirus: Do they work? Coronavirus pandemic has spared no country. With over 70,000 cases in India alone and 4 million cases...

Some youth in Chorkor believe weed protects against Covid-19, they are wrong

As scientists around the world race against time to find a vaccine or cure for Covid-19, some believe they already have an antidote. Some young...