The Tamale Teaching Hospital has commenced testing of Covid-19 samples for Northern, Savannah, Upper West, Upper East and North East regions in Tamale in the Northern region. Head of the Tamale Testing Center at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Abass Abdul Karim told DGN Online that the facility can test …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Daffiama Bussie Issa in the Upper West Region, Dr. Sebastian Sandaare says the Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye misled Parliament on his assessment of the meningitis situation in the regions of the north. On Thursday, April 30, Dr. Okoe Boye told Parliament …

The University of Ghana has been ranked as the best university in the country according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking. 2020’s ranking included almost 1,400 universities in 92 countries with the assessment on 13 performance indicators including teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook. University of Ghana was …

As part of the measures put in place by the government through the Ministry of Health(MOH)  and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to help halt the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ghana, it’s  sanctioned that all people living in Ghana must wash their hands frequently or sanitize their …

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has undertaken a total of one hundred thousand test samples of suspected COVID-19 cases especially across the southern parts of the Ghana since the outbreak of the disease some two months ago. Prof. Abraham Kwabena Annan who maintained that the cost of the …

The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people being hospitalised, a secret Public Health England (PHE) briefing for senior NHS officials reveals. The document, seen by the Guardian, is the first time health chiefs tackling the virus have admitted that they expect …

Did you know you had a higher risk of opening up yourself to infections and the coronavirus with a weak immune system? A weak immune system opens you up to infections that your body cannot fight. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the immune system is a network …

A Florida man allegedly tried to blame a weapons bust on John Wick, the legendary assassin played by Keanu Reeves in the eponymous movie franchise, according to a new report. Cops confronted Getro Gelin, 27, at his Port St. Lucie home Sunday after a woman told police he shoved her to …

Management and the staff of the Ankaase Methodist hospital in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region say they will lay down their tools if persistent robbery attacks on their facility and their staff continue. The incessant attacks on the hospital led to the death of one member …

US President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Iran, suggesting it will be destroyed if a conflict breaks out between the two countries. “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran,” he said in a tweet on Sunday. “Never threaten the United States …

The world as we know it is reeling under the effects of the global pandemic that is COVID 19. The highly contagious, still mysterious disease, has found its way into almost every single corner of the world and though it seemed to take its time, in the beginning, it has …

More than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus.  The National Coroner’s Authority said that alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7. Last year there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report. Alcohol poisoning has seen a 10-fold …

The United States has surpassed 1 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, just a few months after the novel coronavirus first arrived in America. The confirmed number of cases, based on the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center’s tally, is almost surely an undercount. The US’s initial response to the outbreak was stifled by undertesting and, while America’s testing capacity …

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum the Deputy Education Minister says universities will continue their lessons from their online sessions when school finally resumes. He said only basic and secondary school students will have the benefit of going over everything they have learnt so far with regards to the online and TV …

Doctors at the National Cardiothoracic Center at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital have resorted to using their own money to purchase Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as the country battles COVID-19. The doctors say they are compelled to cough out amounts ranging between GHC200 and GHC300 to purchase the PPE which …

The US military has admitted to causing civilian casualties as a result of an air strike in Somalia in February. A statement from US Africa Command said on Monday that two civilians were killed and three injured during the attack. The statement adds that the same attack killed two members …

New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days – one on Sunday – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus was “currently” eliminated. But officials have warned against complacency, saying it does not mean a …

US President, Donald Trump, has stated that he is a hard worker and that he has achieved more in three and half years as president than any other president in US history. Trump, who made the claims in a tweet, said people who know him and the history of the …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says it does not have human resource to facilitate service delivery in the 88 new district hospitals promised by the President. According to the GMA, the number of medical students in training now are not enough to offer services and provide the care needed in …

An NHS nurse, who fought for his life alongside Boris Johnson, has died from coronavirus. Larni Zuniga, 54, passed away after battling the disease in intensive care at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital. The nurse, from the Philippines, was being treated in the same intensive therapy unit like the Prime Minister, his …

The First Gentleman of the land, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo on Sunday 06 April 2020 announced that starting from April 2020, Ghanaian Coronavirus frontline workers such as healthcare professionals will receive 3 months’ tax break and 50% increment in their basic salary. ReportGhana’s email box has been full of complaints as numerous frontline …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday, a month after he was diagnosed with the coronavirus and hospitalised in an intensive care unit. He returns to work amid continued criticism of the government over a shortfall in testing and lack of protective wear for NHS workers, and …

Those of us who have discovered that we’re not essential to keeping society running have been stuck at home for weeks. We’re going stir crazy in the suddenly limited box of our lives, and a daily commute is starting to sound pretty good. But that may not mean we’re ready …

Italy has outlined plans to ease the strict restrictions imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus as it recorded its lowest daily death toll since mid-March. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said curbs would be relaxed from 4 May, with people being allowed to visit their relatives …

President Akufo-Addo says government will soon commence the construction of hospitals in the 88 districts in the country without hospitals. According to the President, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the massive gap in health infrastructure in the country and the need for government to attend to it. “There are 88 …

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has advised against the use of homemade face masks with strings that are worn tied behind the neck or head. Rather, he recommended the use of face masks made from JAVA or Wax cloths sown triple-layered and with side loops to be worn as hooks …

Six people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana are in critical condition. President, Nana Akufo-Addo announced this during his address the nation on measures his government is taking to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The death toll, he noted has risen to 11 but the two …

More US states are beginning to lift lockdown orders even as US leaders say social distancing guidelines will be necessary throughout the summer. But governors warn that life will not quickly return to normal and that restrictions will remain in some places to keep the virus from resurging. On Friday, …

Three US states have allowed some shops to reopen after measures imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as the country’s death toll passed 51,000. Salons and spas could reopen in Georgia and Oklahoma while Alaska lifted restrictions on restaurants. On Friday, President Donald Trump walked out of a …

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is ‘alive and well’, a South Korean official has said. The aide said Kim had been living in the Wonsan area of the country since April 13, adding to Fox: ‘No suspicious movements have so far been detected.’ Foreign policy adviser Chung-in Moon said the South Korea …