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2 more persons have been added to the death toll in Ghana's confirmed Coronavirus cases.This was confirmed by the Ghana Health Service on its official COVID-19 update page.In addition, they confirmed the country's case count now is now...

Latest update of Ghana's Covid-19 cases has registered 8 deaths and 408 confirmed cases, according to the Ghana Health Service."Over the past twelve (12) days (since the introduction of the enhanced surveillance), a number...

The African Center for Women in Politics (ACWP) has condemned an act by some members of the governing party who have taken to the sharing of food meant for the vulnerable based on political...

The Sissala West National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate Mohammed Sukparu aka Buoti Mahama has donated items worth ¢5,000 to the District Health Directorate to augment the fight against Covid-19 pandemic in the district.The...

The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly has imposed some restrictions on its residents after 23 COVID-19 cases were detected in its municipality.In a statement, the assembly, for example, said only persons in the food...

Africans in China are reportedly being avoided in the major cities of the country amid fears they may be spreading the COVID-19 infection.Three Ghanaian students, living in Beijing and Chengdu, have given troubling accounts of...

A new meme format has graced the internet, and its popularity is a signal to the general mood of the world: funereal.Today, Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign for the to be the Democratic nominee...

Former Minister of Health Samuel Nuamah Donkor, has paid tributes to the late rector of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Prof. Jacob Plange-Rhule.Prof. Plunge-Rhule died on Friday morning, April 10, at the University...

African leaders have been urged to be wary of donations from China in the form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies as the COVID-19 global pandemic takes a toll on the continent.This...

The Juapong market in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region has been closed down to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.Screening centres will also be set up at entry points into...

A 19-year-old man has died from the COVID-19 virus in Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region, sparking unease among his family and health workers.The deceased who was said to...

Seven more persons have tested positive for the coronavirus disease in the Eastern Region raising the count to 23.These persons are under quarantine in the Lower Manya Krobo and 22 of them are Indians...

A fire outbreak on Good Friday has led to the death of a mother and her two children at New Takoradi, a fishing community in the Western Region.The mother was in her early 30s...

The Chief and people of Brafoyaw in the Central region have blocked the main entrance of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School to prevent any attempt by authorities to use the school as a quarantine...

The coalition of Concern Private School Teachers Ghana (COPSTEG) says it is disappointed in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for failing to factor teachers into the Coronavirus budget.In a release, leadership for the group said, government has continuously...

The number of persons tested positive for Coronavirus in Eastern Region has risen to 28.The confirmed cases were recorded from about half of 244 samples of construction workers sent to Noguchi Institute for Medical Research.The 244...

Member of Parliament(MP) for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah in an interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com has charged his colleagues Members of Parliament(MPs) to sacrifice and show love to their constituency in the wake of...

Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) has killed 37 people in Upper West Region out of a total number of 247 cases recorded in the last 13 weeks, giving a case fatality rate of 15.4 percent.Providing...

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana says the lockdown announced by the president some two weeks ago has halted all funeral activities, opening the floodgate for congestion.General Secretary of the association Mr. Kofi Jordan...

The Ghana Health Service has disclosed the distribution of recorded Coronavirus cases by sex.Out of 378 cases recorded, 40.8% are women whereas 59.2% are men.Over the past eleven (11) days, a number of measures have been...

A man alleged to be mentally deranged has killed his father at Brepaw a farming community in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region.The incident occurred Friday, April 10, 2020.The suspect Kofi...

A 50-year-old farmer has been found dead on his farm at Kraboa Coaltar in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region.The deceased identified as Emmanuel Mensah Agboti, left home on Wednesday, April 8, 2020,...

As part of measures to stimulate the minds of young people and to optimize responsible use of time during the stay-at-home efforts of government to fight the spread of Coronavirus, the Ghana Library Authority, has...

World Child Cancer has donated GHC 100,000 worth of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other medical consumables to the Department of Child Health of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) to protect health workers against...

Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) has killed 37 people in Upper West Region out of a total number of 247 cases recorded in the last 13 weeks, giving a case fatality rate of 15.4 percent.Providing...

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) has expressed concerns if further steps are not taken “all the good efforts applied will come to nought and eventually our country will be consumed by this ravaging...

A Ghanaian medical doctor, who was also a Professor at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) School of Medicine, Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule, has died in Accra today.He reportedly died earlier Friday,...

MyNewsGh.com has confirmed that a patient who tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Walewale in the North East Region has died.The deceased who showed signs and symptoms of the virus died shortly after...

Rwanda's courts have started to conduct trials through video link-up in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a room at Kigali metropolitan police station suspects sat separated, in masks and handcuffed. Everyone waited...

Several MPs in Botswana have been caught breaking their self-isolation instructions and have now been placed in supervised quarantine. On Thursday, all parliamentarians and President Mokgweetsi Masisi were asked to quarantine for 14 days after...

Zimbabwe's embattled national airline is to send some of its staff on indefinite unpaid leave later this month following a drop in revenue caused by global travel restrictions. Air Zimbabwe, which has just one aeroplane,...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has predicted a radical change to the outlook of global economy after the coronavirus pandemic.The deadly coronavirus, which started in China last year, has not only devastated humanity, it...

Pharmatrust Company Limited, a registered pharmaceutical company in the country has presented Veronica buckets and quantities of alcohol-based hand sanitisers worth GH¢10,000 to the Pharmacy Council.The Chief Executive Officer of Pharmatrust, Mr. Anthony Kwame...

The Member of Parliament of the Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency and second deputy speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K Bagbin, on Thursday, donated a number of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), valued at GHC70,000 to the Nadowli/Kaleo District...

The Ellembelle District Assembly in the Western Region as part of measures to curb the spread of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic has successfully disinfected fourteen market centres and other vital areas.The exercise which forms...

The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan has asked lawful or permanent US residents interested in potential Embassy-organized flight to register.Making the announcement on the US Embassy in Ghana Instagram page, the...

The Eastern region has recorded 15 more COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of cases in the region to 16.The region recorded its first case on March 31 but has since had 15 more...

The Eastern region has recorded 15 more COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of cases in the region to 16.The region recorded its first case on March 31 but has since had 15 more...

Controversial Prophet Kofi Oduro says the outbreak of Coronavirus in Ghana has proven that the production of stickers, hand bands, creams, oil and calenders by some men of God is useless.The head pastor of Alabaster International...

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) Hon Cynthia Morrison has revealed she has been eating food meant to be given to the vulnerable in the society during the lockdown.“I and my...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the vulnerable in society to use electricity wisely.He made this statement in his sixth Coronavirus broadcast on Thursday, April 9, 2020.In the recorded broadcast, the president announced that those who will...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has thanked a number of countries and organizations that have extended support to Ghana in its fight against coronavirus.He made specific mentions of the Governments of China and USA, the World...

Ghanaian journalist and broadcaster, Gifty Anti has disclosed how some countries including Italy and the United Kingdom had not put any measures in place even after recording some cases of the novel coronavirus.Oheneyere as...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has donated some Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medicines to the Upper West Regional Health Directorate to aid the fight against COVID-19 and the outbreak of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in...

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Lydia Seyram Alhassan donates food items to Constituents to support their 2 weeks lockdown, a directive declared by the President to curb the spread of...

Government has today, April 9 announced a 50% reduction in electricity consumption for commercial and residential consumers as part of measures to ease the economic burden on Ghanaians following the Coronavirus outbreak.Additionally, the government will also...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that government will fully cover the electricity bills of low-income consumers in the country with others enjoying a 50 percent reduction for three months amid the Coronavirus fight.It comes after former...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, April 9, 2020, addressed the nation on measures taken by the government to prevent the spread of the deadly Coronavirus in the country.In a televised speech, the president indicated that the...

A police officer, Lance Corporal Francisca Tenge who was shot by a soldier at a checkpoint at Tema New Town has been discharged from the hospital.The soldier has also been handed over to the...

Former Deputy Minister for Communication under the Mahama administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu says the attempt by a section of the public to point out some projects of the previous administration being used for the...