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 …
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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 …
Read More »Noguchi getting overwhelmed with coronavirus cases
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 …
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Read More »Meningitis kills 18 in Upper West Region
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 …
Read More »PHOTOS: Man arrested for digging up Kobe Bryant’s grave
A man has been arrested Newport Beach for digging up the gravesite of Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant. Back in February, Dailymail reported that the gravesite in Newport Beach is where Kobe and Gigi were laid to rest. A man was arrested and placed in handcuffs last Friday after …
Read More »Coronavirus cases rise to 11 in Ghana
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 …
Read More »Meningitis kills 18 in Upper West Region
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 …
Read More »[Photos] Man arrested for digging up Kobe Bryant’s grave
A man has been arrested Newport Beach for digging up the gravesite of Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant. Back in February, Dailymail reported that the gravesite in Newport Beach is where Kobe and Gigi were laid to rest. A man was arrested and placed in handcuffs last Friday after …
Read More »Shocking: Dutch Health Minister collapses in Parliament due to ‘coronavirus fatigue’ (Video)
Dutch health minister, Bruno Bruins on Wednesday collapsed in the parliament because of ‘fatigue from intense weeks’ of working against the coronavirus pandemic spreading around the world. The 56-year-old was taking questions about the coronavirus crisis when he fell behind the lectern and was quickly helped up by fellow ministers …
Read More »Coronavirus cases hit 9
Information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has announced the country has confirmed two more cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 9. “Unfortunately we have confirmed two more cases overnight. Ghana’s case count is now at 9. Health services are still managing all suspected and confirmed cases well,” …
Read More »FDA cautions manufacturers, importers and distributors of substandard sanitizers
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers of products used in the prevention of spread of COVID-19 pandemic against offering for sale substandard products. It has also cautioned them against taking advantage of the prevailing situation of offering substandard of hand sanitizers, face mask …
Read More »FDA fast tracks registration of sanitizers to deal with shortage
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said it is fast tracking the registration of hand sanitizers in order to deal with the shortage on the market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in Ghana. The FDA also assured that it has increased its surveillance across the country to …
Read More »Information officers school on coronavirus
A day’s training workshop on the Covid-19 has been organized for regional information officers (RIOs) of the Information Services Department in Accra. Organized by the Ministry of Information in collaboration with the Ghana Health Services (GHS), it was to equip the officers with the requisite knowledge and techniques for disseminating …
Read More »Coronavirus patient in Ghana runs away from quarantine
A Coronavirus patient in Tema, Ghana is reported to have rejected quarantine from the hospital and rather opted to go home. The patient after being tested was supposed to be isolated by the hospital but reports reaching My News Ghana says that the hospital does not have the requisite facilities and resources …
Read More »Harvard University Holds Inaugural Joseph Siaw Agyepong Distinguished lecture on public health in Africa
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has held its Inaugural Joseph Siaw Agyepong Distinguished Lecture on Public Health in Africa. This is in honour of the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong for his initiatives, contributions to, and impact on …
Read More »Coronavirus: Ghana records 7th case
Ghana has confirmed its 7th case of coronavirus, Information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has announced. It comes days after four additional cases were confirmed Sunday after the initial two that were recorded last Thursday. So far, total of 143 suspected cases have been tested for COVID-19 by the Noguchi Memorial …
Read More »One stabbed to death as teenage boys fight over girl at a party
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Read More »Ghanaian Student In Italy Dies of Coronavirus
Reports reaching Gossips24.com indicates a Ghanaian student in Italy has died of the deadly coronavirus after few days of showing symptoms and testing positive to the virus. Earlier, there was a notion that coronavirus could not infect, let alone kill the black race, but that appears to be a myth …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth flees Buckingham Palace over coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has chased Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace, according to reports. The Queen, 93, and Prince Phillip, 98, were chauffeured off to Windsor Castle this weekend, where they’ll remain in quarantine should the outbreak worsen in the United Kingdom, The Sun reported Saturday. “She is in good health but …
Read More »Man sets three churches because he is poor
A 21-year-old Ugandan man has set three churches ablaze because he has not become rich despite church preaching prosperity. The man identified as John Ngobi reported himself to the Police after he had burnt down the churches. He was armed with three brand new knives which he claimed were for …
Read More »Angry mob burn police station for hiding criminals
A group of agitated mob in Mzimba District of Malawi has set on fire a police station and a lodge over allegations that the police was hiding local criminals at the lodge. Eyewitnesses say that, they were made known of the actions of the Police through one of the criminals …
Read More »7 Catholic priests reportedly die of Coronavirus in Italy
The deaths of at least 7 Catholic priests have been reported in Italy as a result of the Coronavirus. Monsignor Vincenzo Rini (pictured above), a priest of the Diocese of Cremona, close to Milan, died on Saturday, March 14, after being infected with Coronavirus. Msgr. Rini ran Cremona’s diocesan newspaper …
Read More »COVID-19: Over 400 deaths recorded in Italy in 24hrs
Latests reports from Europe has it that there has been almost 400 recorded deaths from Coronavirus in the last 24hrs. This takes the country’s death toll to 1,809 while the number of positive cases rose to 24,747 from 21,157 in a space of 24hrs. The government of Italy ordered a …
Read More »India Combats Coronavirus By Drinking Cow Urine And Eating Cow Dung
A popular religious group, Akhil Barat, in india have come up with a weird drug believed to be the cure of the deadly coronavirus pandemic which is killing people worldwide. According to reports, the Hindu group hosted a “cow urine and dung eating party” which they believe to be the …
Read More »Hindu group hosts cow urine drinking party to ward off coronavirus
Dozens of Hindu activists in India hosted a cow urine-drinking party. Some members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party have claimed that cow urine and dung can prevent and cure COVID-19. The chief of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (All India Hindu Union) group hosted a cow urine-drinking event …
Read More »Covid-19: Legon suspends lectures
The University of Ghana has suspended lecturers for graduate student following the confirmation of cases of coronavirus in Ghana. In a memo the executive council of the university said: “All Lectures have been suspended by the Executive Council of the University until further notice. We encourage all students to be …
Read More »Covid-19: Ghana now has 6 cases – Gov’t
Ghana has recorded four more new cases of the Novel Coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to six. Two of the individuals returned to the country from the United States last week, the Director of Public Health at the Health Service (GHS) Dr Badu Sarkodie …
Read More »Private schools’ students will enjoy free SHS under me – Mahama assures
Former President John Mahama has promised that students in private schools in the country will benefit from the Free SHS policy if he wins the December polls. According to him, the country cannot continue to gloss over the impact of private schools in Ghana’s educational system. Speaking at the 15th-anniversary …
Read More »Trump declares Sunday a National Day of Prayer amid coronavirus crisis
President Trump declared on Friday a National Day of Prayer for this upcoming Sunday, shortly after declaring a state of emergency amid the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic. “We are a Country that, throughout our history, has looked to God for protection and strength in times like these….,” Trump tweeted. “No matter where you may be, I encourage …
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