Tag Archives: CORONA

New updates released by the Ghana Health Service show another surge in Ghana’s coronavirus cases as 183 more persons have tested positive for the virus. This new update raises the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 5,918. Two more persons who tested positive for the virus have …

A Community Health Nurse (CHN) with the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) Hospital in Nsuta in the Western Region, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died, a statement from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) has confirmed. The statement dated 16 May named the deceased as Sophia Addo who was …

A five-year-old girl has become the latest to contract the novel coronavirus disease in the Northern Region. The victim, a resident of the Tamale Metropolis, is among some 13 new cases recorded in the Region between Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. The new cases have seen a jump …

The Western Regional branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association has revealed that a community nurse with the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) Hospital has died of COVID-19 in Nsuta in the Western Region of Ghana. According to the statement signed by the regional secretary of the Association, the deceased, Sophia Addo died …

Strong immune systems of individuals are very essential in the fight against the novel coronavirus. This was reiterated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 9th national address to Ghanaians on COVID-19. This, the President said, “has to be one of the permanent legacies of the pandemic. We have …

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe writes that migrants are facing a tougher time since the outbreak of coronavirus. Thousands of African migrants are stuck in transit – unable to reach their destination or to get back home because the coronavirus pandemic has caused the world …

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 Accra two weeks ago, visited the Ho Teaching Hospital with difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness. She was noticed to have …

A video of a security man in Ghana improperly handling tissue meant for the public in the midst of the dreaded coronavirus has gone viral. In the video, a man, who appeared elderly, was seen using saliva to sort out the tissue before packing them into an improvised tissue holder. …

The Northern Regional Health Director, Dr John B. Eleeza, has told DGN Online that a five-year-old child is among the 12 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in the region. According to him, the infected child is a contact of a Covid-19 patient in the region. The Northern Region …

Ex-MUSIGA President, Obour has been speaking about the death of his father, Nana Osei Kuffour. Nana died on Friday, March 27, 2020, over what the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) says was COVID-19. Nana Osei Kuffour’s death created feud as the hospital management accused the Asante Akyem NPP parliamentary aspirant …