The drastic measures taken in the UK to tackle coronavirus have been justified because of the need to save lives. Modelling by Imperial College London – used to inform government – suggests 500,000 could die if we do nothing. Even the government’s previous strategy to slow the spread was likely to lead …

Health authorities at Paga in the Kasena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region are currently monitoring a suspected case of coronavirus. The suspected case was detected yesterday by health workers at the Nakolo Clinic and efforts are being made to ascertain the condition. The patient, it is gathered, came …

The first person who drew my attention to my size was my mom. My name is Akua and I had a cousin who lived with us who was also called Akua. To differentiate between the two of us, My mom called me Akua Obolobo. That was it. The whole neighborhood …

Ghanaian Dancehall Artiste, Emmanuel Andrews Sammini has expressed his joy at the fact that Ghana has decriminalized cannabis. Ghana has decriminalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes thereby joining other African countries hoping to derive economic and health benefits from the substance. Parliament passed the Narcotics Control …

Veteran Musician, Bessa Simons, has disclosed that Ghanaian musicians are set to collaborate on a new song that will sensitize Ghanaians on the novel and deadly COVID-19 (Coronavirus). In an interview with Happy FM’s Doctar Cann on the Showbiz Xtra show, he stated that this initiative was a way musicians …

Ghana’s Ministry of Health is currently mobilizing new and retired healthcare professionals to augment the nation’s covid-19 fight. President Akufo-Addo in a national broadcast on Saturday night said such personnel will help deal with a possible surge in infections in the coming days as Ghana struggles to contain the spread …

Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the posting of 90,636 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year, to various health facilities in all sixteen (16) regions across the country, to undertake their mandatory one year National Service. All eligible nurses who register for the national service are requested …

Ghana records two(2) new cases of COVID-19 with 1 death, this leaves the existing case count in the country to be 21. Prior to this new development, the Ghana Health Service reported three new cases earlier on Saturday pushing the figure to 19. One of the patients, a 61-year-old Lebanese …

Per public health principles, it will be in the country’s best interest to lock down, says the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Aboagye. His comment comes on the back of Ghana seeing a rising number of new infections as the days go by. According to the Director-General …

The world has been thrown into further state of sorrow and melancholy with the passing of a man many tout as the greatest country musician of all time. Kenny Rogers, the legendary American singer passed on this morning in what a family representative described as “peacefully at home from natural …

A Medical Research Fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr Joseph Kofi Bonnie, has disclosed health experts in Ghana are now studying Chinese literature to help understand the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Ghana has so …

The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana has increased to 19. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Doctor Patrick Aboagye, disclosed this on Joy News’ Newsfile on Saturday. “Currently the number has increased from 16 to 19. Sometimes you don’t get the results as quickly as …

A final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has died through electrocution in her apartment, reports Dailymailgh. Bernice Akyeama Baah, a Metallurgical Engineering student, was about showering in her rented Ayeduase apartment when the incident occurred at about 8.30pm Wednesday. She was discovered unconscious and was rushed to …

A father took to his twitter handle to share photos of his newly born baby who tested positive for the coronavirus. The coronavirus since it’s emergence has taken lots of lives as Italy yesterday recorded the highest death of 475 in a day so far. The young man was so worried …

An earlier report indicating that eight out of the 16 coronavirus infected persons in Ghana have recovered is untrue. The information provided by international statistics firm, Worldometers, and reported by local Ghanaian media was deleted after it was published for more than two hours by the team of developers, researchers, …

A  lesbian couple believed to be Muslims have  shared their pre-wedding photos on social media. The two ladies who are set to get married soon shared their excitement with the rest of the world with photos of them kissing. We presume they are Muslims because one of the ladies wore …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has ordered the immediate and indefinite shut down of basic and second-cycle schools hosting final-year Junior and Senior High School students beginning Monday, March 23, 2020. This directive follows concerns raised by teacher unions over the continuous stay of the students in the school and the recent …

Some 83 pharmacy students of the University of Ghana who have been quarantined on campus since one of their mates tested positive for coronavirus are complaining of neglect by health authorities handling the pandemic in Ghana. According to the students, since they were put into isolation last week, there have …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC), has suspended the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) timetable until further notice. The examination body further directed that the conduct of WASSCE candidates be put on hold until further notice. A statement issued said the directives “will be reviewed” when the …

Bongo Flava star Diamond Platnumz’s manager Sallam Sharaff has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19). Sallam took to his Instagram page to confirm the news to his followers saying it had been confirmed that he had tested positive and he was in isolation. “The result came back and I am positive …

Actress, Lydia Forson has availed herself to the government to be used as one of the celebrity ambassadors to fight coronavirus as was announced by the Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. The government through the Information Minister mentioned that the government intends to use celebrities as ambassadors for Corovirus so these …

Eight Ghanaians who contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are reported to have recovered, a highly placed government official has told kasapafmonline.com. As at Friday, March 20, 2020, Ghana has confirmed and recorded 16 cases of the corona virus. Considering the number of recorded cases, it means 50 percent of victims …

Ghana has recorded five (5) new confirmed cases of the fast-spreading Coronavirus pandemic, making a total of 16 cases in all. All 5 cases were confirmed on the 19th March 2020 from the Greater Accra Region, according to information on government’s official COVID-19 update page; ghanahealthservice.org Details on the ghana health …

Popular Tanzanian rapper Mwana FA has tested positive for Coronavirus, as the pandemic continues to spread across Africa. Mwana FA announced the outcome of his medical test to his 3.3 million followers on Instagram. He wrote; The responses to my Covid 19 tests have returned positive. It’s annoying. It’s NOT …

Breast Care International (BCI), a breast cancer advocate non-governmental organization, has suspended all outreach programs in communities, churches, schools and corporate institutions for four (4) weeks, to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. This is in line with the directives announced by President Nana Akufo Addo, imposing …

There are reports suggesting the government might be sieving the actual number of Coronavirus infections, confirmed by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra. Credible sources, have told The Herald that, the research center could be handling about 50 cases of infection. Parts of the reports available to …

Popular blogger ZionFelix and some of his cohorts are at the brix of facing defamation suits for publications made about musician Kwesi Arthur and a Royal Commonwealth Society official. The bloggers have in, several publications, accused the musician of sexually exploiting multiple ladies after which he had forced them to …

Just three months into 2020, the Upper West region has recorded 18 deaths as a result of Meningitis following its outbreak in the region last year. Confirming the statistics to Joy News, Upper West Regional Health Director, Dr Osei Kuffour Afreh, explained 137 cases have been recorded so far with …

Oh my God — you should see this! Davido’s baby mama Chioma Avril Rowland is causing a massive stir on social media with her latest post. The mother of one and Davido’s favourite baby mama has taken to social media to drop a photo of Davido in a towel wrapped around his …

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed two more cases of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. “The first is a 59-year-old Ghanaian woman, resident in the United Kingdom who recently returned to Ghana and currently living in Kumasi, reported to a private hospital with the history of fever (temp of 39.1 …