COVID-19 lockdown: If you need food call these numbers announced by govt

As part of measures to ensure that members of the public within the restriction of movement areas – Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa – live comfortably, the government has announced hotlines for needy communities and households to reach them for food items. They are 0800800800 and 0800900900. The distribution of food followed the restriction of […]

Covid-19: Cases in Ghana rise to 287, 5 deaths Confirmed

Ghana’s number of Coronavirus cases has risen to 287 from 214 as at 11:30pm on Monday, April 6, 2020, according to the Ghana Health Service. SITUATION UPDATE, CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES IN GHANA AS AT 06 APRIL 2020, 23:30HRS Following measures for enhanced contact tracing and testing, Ghana has detected an increased number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. […]

Pep Guardiola’s Mother dies after Contracting Coronavirus

The mother of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has died after contracting coronavirus. The club announced 82-year-old Dolors Sala Carrió’s death on Monday in a tweet, adding that she had passed on in Manresa, Barcelona. “Everyone associated with the club sends their most heartfelt sympathy at this most distressing time to Pep, his family and […]

Covid-19: Nigeria records 8 new cases, confirmed cases now 232, 5 deaths

Nigeria has recorded eight new cases of the novel coronavirus, the country’s Centre for Disease Control made this public on its social media handles. Read the details below: Eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 5 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT and 1 in Kaduna State. As at 09:30 pm 5th […]

Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19

The coronavirus has taken over much of the world but so far it has been very much focused on humans, and to devastating effect. On Sunday, however, it was reported that a tiger in New York’s Bronx Zoo, which has been closed to the public since 16 March, had tested positive for Covid-19. Tiger contracts Covid-19 News […]

Meet the German-born Ghanaian developing coronavirus vaccine

Dr Marylyn Martina Addo is a German-born doctor of Ghanaian descent and is one of just a few women at the forefront of finding a vaccine for the deadly Coronavirus. The 49-year-old professor is the head of the German Center for Infection Research’s Infectious Disease Unit at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and has been an […]

French doctor who proposed coronavirus vaccine test on Africans apologises

Suggesting Africans test a “repurposed” tuberculosis vaccine to help find a COVID-19 vaccine has triggered outrage. A French anti-racism group slammed the idea floated by two French doctors, one of whom has apologised. Paris intensive care doctor Jean-Paul Mira apologised Friday for suggesting the testing in Africa of a “repurposed” tuberculosis vaccine as a COVID-19 […]

Couple names twin babies ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’

An Indian couple have done the unthinkable by naming their newborn twins as Corona and Covid, names connected with the pandemic raging in the world. For the couple based in Raipur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, the two words may evoke fear and devastation to the world. But for them, they symbolise triumph over hardship. […]