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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...

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...

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...

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...

Covid-19: Ghana’s Mission to UK and Ireland breaks silence on Papa Owusu-Akomah’s condition

The High Commission of the Republic of Ghana to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland has said the High Commissioner, Papa Owusu-Ankomah,...

AIDS Commission warns HIV patients against coronavirus

The Ghana AIDS Commission has appealed to Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) to adhere to the safety measures put out by the Ministry of...

5 emotions which are absolutely normal to feel during the lockdown

01/75 emotions which are absolutely normal to feel during the lockdown With the countrywide lockdown in India extending till the 3rd of May, almost all...

Ugandan trader ‘contracts malaria while sleeping in market’

A Ugandan trader has said she contracted malaria days after a directive issued for them to sleep at the markets during the ongoing lockdown,...

Covid-19: Baby of pregnant Ghanaian nurse who died survives

The baby of a Ghanaian nurse, who died after contracting Covid-19, has been delivered successfully. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, had worked for five years at...

Coronavirus: 83 patients recover

The number of recovered coronavirus patients in Ghana has seen a significant improvement in less than 24 hours, moving from 17 on Tuesday ...

Coronavirus: 5 new cases recorded, total now 641

The confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ghana have risen sharply to 641 after five new cases were recorded, the Ghana Health Service has announced. The...

COVID-19: Tamale Central Hospital sacks 143 casual staff

The Tamale Central Hospital, located at Tishigu, in the Tamale Metropolis, has temporarily laid off 143 casual workers as a result of the impact...

Coronavirus: Ketu South records 6 cases

The Ketu South Municipality has recorded six Covid-19 cases, Municipal Chief Executive Elliot Edem Agbenorwu has confirmed. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Obuor’s family hints of ‘fake autopsy...

Coronavirus: Obuor’s family hints of ‘fake autopsy report’ after Ridge hospital staff test negative

Family of musician, Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour, whose family died at the Ridge Hospital is alleging the hospital might give them...

Coronavirus: List of FDA approved hand sanitisers

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), is urging the public to patronise only hand sanitisers approved by the Authority. ALSO READ: Shatta Wale enjoys lunch...

Covid-19 is not a shameful disease – Psychologist

The Advisor to the National Covid-19 Response Team,  Dr Ama Edwin, on Tuesday said Covid-19 is not a shameful disease that should cause people...

Coronavirus: 37 Military Hospital sets up emergency mobile facility [photos]

The 37 Military Hospital has set up emergency mobile clinic facility as the country's coronavirus cases rise. ALSO READ: Shatta Wale enjoys lunch with friends in...

Pregnant nurse, 28 dies of coronavirus

A heavily pregnant nurse has died from coronavirus after medics tried to save her baby. The 28-year-old reportedly underwent an emergency cesarean to deliver and...

Covid-19 & Lockdown: GES boss talks E-learning, SHS reopening date, BECE and more

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Akwasi Opoku Amakwa, has spoken extensively on the measures put in place by his outfit to ensure...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s Mission in New York requests details on dead citizens

The Ghana Mission to the United Nations and Consulate-General in New York is requesting from Ghanaians in some three states to offer information on...

Covid-19 Fight: mPharma donates remote testing equipment to Noguchi

mPharma, Ghanaian-based pharmaceutical services company, has donated Covid-19 testing equipment or a Molecular workstation to the University of Ghana NOGUCHI Institute for Medical Research....

ICMR study finds coronavirus in two species of Indian bats

A study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV) has revealed that pathogenic coronaviruses have been...

Almost 1M people sign petition calling for WHO boss to resign

Almost one million signatures have been secured for an online petition calling for the resignation of the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The petition was...