Health

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...