US President Donald Trump says the coronavirus pandemic has been worse for the United States than the 9/11 terror attacks by Al-qaeda and the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II, as he renews his criticism of China, saying the outbreak should have been stopped there. Coronavirus, since …

A mother-of-four who recently gave birth to a baby girl at the Kumasi South Hospital in the Ashanti Region, has recovered fully and discharged with her new child who was not infected by the virus. The baby has tested negative twice, even though it is being breastfed by the mother, …

Management of the University of Education, Winneba, has revised its measures for mid-semester and end of semester examinations. The review comes after students revolted against the e-learning portal ‘Learning Management System’ after they claimed it was inefficient. The school’s management said in its effort at ensuring that no student is …

The blood transfusion unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is in a dire state as blood stocks is at its lowest in the only tertiary referral facility in the middle belt of Ghana. The unit is unable to pool blood from schools, religious institutions and other organized bodies as …

The Greater Accra region leads with 2,579 cases of the novel Coronavirus, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has updated. The Ashanti Region, however, has also recorded 165 of COVID-19 with the Bono region becoming the 13th region to record a case. The Savannah, Ahafo and Bono East remain the only regions in Ghana …

The extension is in light of the ongoing global health crisis, to better serve the Prize’s diverse international audience base  Abu Dhabi, UAE – 6th May 2020: The Zayed Sustainability Prize has announced the extension of its submissions’ deadline for the 2021 awards edition to June 11th, 2020, in efforts …

Course introduces the next generation of professionals to ‘the new language for the future of work’ – Coding. Tunis / Casablanca / Durban, May 05 2020 – Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, today announced that it has joined forces with the …

Ghana has recorded 372 more novel Coronavirus cases, making the total case count 3,091, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has stated. As of May 7, 2020, nine more patients have recovered and discharged making the total number of recoveries 303. The death toll, according to the GHS update is still 18. The …

Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride Festival, a yearly festival that sees thousands of nude cyclists baring it all as they ride through cities around the world, have announced that the festival will be held this year, despite the Coronavirus pandemic. They say since this year’s been affected by the coronavirus …

The Ghana Health Service has expressed concern the COVID-19 pandemic is having a weighty toll on other aspects of healthcare in the country. According to the GHS, health facilities have recorded low Out Patient Attendance as well as a decline in visits for routine pregnancy and child health checkups. The …

The Ghana Union in Norway have come out to condemn what they describe as inhume treatment of Africans in China in the midst of COVID-19. Some Africans in China’s capital Beijing were last month evicted from their apartments over fears of carrying the coronavirus, Covid-19, disease. Hundreds of African residents …

Ghana has on Monday, May, 04,2020 confirmed 550 new COVID-19 cases. Data recorded on GHS portal, shows that the current case count now stands at 2,719. At least 65 new recoveries have been recorded while the number of fatalities remains 18. Regional breakdown The Greater Accra Region is still leading …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the results of the teacher promotion interviews which were taken for some teaching staff in February this year. “We are pleased to inform staff of the Ghana Education Service that the results for the promotion test held on February 20 and 21. 2020, …

A Turkish lady is looking for a Nigerian Yuroba man who impregnated her and refused responsibility for the baby. The Turkish woman shared her story of being alone whereas pregnant for a Nigerian man, in an Instalive dialogue with well-known comedian, Michael Blackson. Recounting her ordeal, the woman disclosed that …

This year’s edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will no longer take place between June and July. This decision comes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The production company responsible for the beloved NSMQ competition, Prime Time, will release a new date for the championship as soon as …

Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has indicated that deliberations are still ongoing to determine the best mode of assessing academic work and varied options have come up for discussion at the stakeholder meetings. According to him, “We won’t wait and be confronted with something we haven’t thought through. We …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is reminding Ghanaians that the fight against the coronavirus Disease remains unabated. This follows a sharp decline in hand washing with soap and the use of hand sanitisers. So far, the country has recorded 2,169 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 with 17 deaths and 212 recoveries. The …

US President, Donald Trump has reacted to the reappearance of North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. Trump retweeted North Korean state media photos of Kim attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory and wrote: “I, for one, am glad to see he is back, and well!” Trump wrote. …

Eight dogs have become part of the latest initiative to tackle Covid-19 in France. Since last Friday, these animals are being trained in Ajaccio on the French island of Corsica to detect a possible smell of the virus, as part of a trial conducted by veterinarians and firemen. Eight dogs …

Headmistress of Nsawam Senior High School (SHS), Nsawam, Eastern Region, Madam Gladys Asiedu, has made a passionate appeal to the central government to fast-track the completion of its on-going new school facility which relocation is at Okobeyeyie on the Nsawam-Aburi road.   She explained that this has become necessary because …

Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. KCNA news agency reports that the North Korean leader cut the ribbon at the opening of a fertiliser factory. It adds that people at the factory “broke into thunderous cheers of hurrah” …

A request for waiver on income taxes amounting to GH¢ 288,644,003.34 submitted to the legislature by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to help cushion health workers in both public and private health facilities, who are on the frontline fighting the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been granted. …

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has gone to hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. Mishustin, 54, who only took up the role in January, told President Vladimir Putin in a video meeting of his diagnosis. The meeting was broadcast on the state-run Rossiya 24 television channel Thursday. “I have just …

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 …