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Ghana: Suspected Coronavirus patients test negative

Ghanaian officials have said that tests conducted on two persons suspected of deadly Coronavirus turned negative. That means the West African nation does not have...

Ghana records two suspected cases of Coronavirus

Ghanaian officials have reported of two suspected cases of coronavirus at one of its topmost health facilities. One Chinese national and an Argentine, according to...

South African clinical trial for HIV vaccine shut down

A clinical trial for an HIV vaccine that was one of three being tested in South Africa in the hope that it might potentially...

Cameroonian becomes first African to contract Coronavirus

A Cameroonian student studying in China is the first African known to have contracted the deadly coronavirus. The 21 year old student contracted the disease whiles visiting...

HIV vaccine trial result dashes hopes of finding protection

Hopes have been dashed an experimental vaccine could protect people against HIV, the virus that causes Aids. The National Institutes of Health has stopped its...

WHO declares Coronavirus global public health emergency

The World Health Organization has declared Coronavirus a global emergency as outbreak continues to spread outside China. According to the global health body 98 cases...

WHO to decide if coronavirus is a public health emergency

The World Health Organization will on Thursday hold an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee meeting on the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The global health body wants...

WHO says no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Africa

The World Health Organization on Tuesday said there are "no confirmed cases" of the deadly and fast spreading coronavirus in Africa. Several African countries have...

Bill Gates gives Africa $5 mln to fight Coronavirus

The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is giving Africa $5 million to support the continent's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to fight current...

Ghana: Some young people smoke dried faeces for vitality

Ghanaian officials are lamenting the surge in the smoking of dried faeces among some young people who also soak sanitary pads to drink for...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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