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Ghana: Panic as coronavirus cases increase to 19

Ghanaian officials have confirmed new cases of coronavirus bringing the country's total number of cases to nineteen. On Friday and Saturday more than five more...

Covid-19: 99% of Italian patients who died had existing illnesses

99 per cent of coronavirus deaths in Italy are patients with existing medical problems, a study by the country's health service has found. Research into 355 deaths found that...

Coronavirus can survive in air, WHO takes ‘airborne precautions’

New studies have shown that the coronavirus can survive in the air in some settings, triggering "airborne precautions" for medical staff by the World...

New study shows Type-A blood people MORE prone to coronavirus

Chinese scientists have said that people with Type A blood are significantly more likely to catch coronavirus than those with Type O. The Chinese academics...

Nigeria confirms five new cases of coronavirus

Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed five new cases of coronavirus, just less than a day after announcing its third case. The total number of confirmed cases...

First doses of experimental Coronavirus vaccine rolled out

The first doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine have been given out to volunteers on Monday in the United States. U.S. researchers gave the first...

Covid-19: Patients in Australia respond ‘well’ to Chloroquine

Australian researchers say some Covid-19 patients have responded 'very well' to drugs used to treat HIV and malaria. This signals a potential treatment for the...

Breakthrough: First dose of coronavirus vaccine to go on trial

A United States government official has said that a clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin this...

Covid-19: Ghanaian health workers lament lack of protective equipment

Ghanaian health workers at the front-line of fighting the outbreak of coronavirus are lamenting the lack of protective equipment gears. Some of them who spoke...

Rwanda confirms its first case of Coronavirus

Rwanda has become the latest country in East Africa to confirm a case of coronavirus, the first in that country. The country's Ministry of Health...

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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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