Research-based organisation supports vulnerable families

Ghana News Agency - Jun 3, 2020 0

The Centre for Learning and Childhood Development, a research-based organisation, has supported 65 families of children with cerebral palsy and Down syndrome, with food...

RTI Coalition reiterates the need for effective implementation of RTI Law

Ghana News Agency - May 28, 2020 0

The Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) has reiterated the need for the effective implementation of the RTI Law in order to ensure...

Medical Officer proposed steam haling to cure coronavirus

Ghana News Agency - May 28, 2020 0

A private medical practitioner has proposed the use of steam inhalation as a treatment for coronavirus cases in the country. ...

Minority calls on government to address water challenge in Accra

Ghana News Agency - May 21, 2020 0

The Minority in Parliament has called on government to address the acute water shortage in parts of Accra and its environs likely to exacerbate...

Koforidua market flouts social distancing protocol

Ghana News Agency - May 15, 2020 0

Agartha market, a Koforidua-based market is not observing the Social distancing protocol. In addition, the market, which is the trading hub for foodstuffs brought from...

Egypt reports 347 new coronavirus cases, tally surpassing 10,000

xinhuanet.com - May 12, 2020 0

Egypt's total number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 10,093 after 347 new infections were recorded on Tuesday. Meanwhile, 11 patients died from...

Ghana’s coronavirus cases up again; now 4,263

citinewsroom.com - May 9, 2020 0

Ghana’s case count of COVID-19 has increased to 4,263. Total deaths have also increased to 22 while the recoveries have also hit 378. A statement on...

Israel records 16,152 coronavirus cases, death toll at 227

xinhuanet.com - May 2, 2020 0

Israel's Ministry of Health reported 51 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the total cases in the country to 16,152. The number...

ADB donates to four Medical Institutions in Central Region

Ghana News Agency - May 1, 2020 0

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other essential items to four health institutions in the Central Region as...

Japan’s Abe warns of “protracted battle against virus” ahead of likely extension of emergency...

xinhuanet.com - May 1, 2020 0

Japan will likely extend the nationwide state of emergency until the end of May at the earliest as the nation continues to grapple with...

Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (R), Director of the Institute of Virology at the Charite Berlin Christian Drosten (C) and Robert Koch Institute (RKI) President Lothar Wieler attend a press conference briefing COVID-19 situation in Germany, in Berlin, capital of Germany, March 9, 2020. No fatalities have been recorded despite Germany reporting 1,112 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 8 a.m. (0700 GMT) Monday, according to the country's disease control agency. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)

Germany’s coronavirus cases rise to 155,000, death toll at 5,750

xinhuanet.com - Apr 27, 2020 0

The rate of new COVID-19 infections in Germany continued below peak times as the number of confirmed cases increased by 1,018 within one day...

COVID 19: Akufo-Addo extends border closure by two weeks

citinewsroom.com - Apr 20, 2020 24

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of Ghana’s borders for two more weeks. The President announced this during his seventh address to...

New coronavirus cases and deaths rise in Spain

xinhuanet.com - Apr 17, 2020 0

The number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths recorded in the last 24 hours have both increased in Spain, health authorities said Friday. ...

Coronavirus cases in South Africa rise to 2,415

xinhuanet.com - Apr 14, 2020 0

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa has risen to 2,415, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday. This...

A poster calling on more hand washing instead of purchasing masks is seen at a pharmacy in Berlin, capital of Germany, March 3, 2020. Germany's confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased to 188 on Tuesday from 150 a day earlier, according to Robert Koch Institute (RKI), a federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)

Coronavirus cases in Germany exceed 125,000, death toll nears 3,000

xinhuanet.com - Apr 14, 2020 0

The daily number of new coronavirus infections continued its downward trend in Germany on Tuesday. During the past 24 hours, the registered increase was...

Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2020 shows an exterior view of the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO on Wednesday night extended to Thursday its emergency talks on whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). (Xinhua/Liu Qu)

WHO warns of COVID-19 resurgence as countries ease restrictions

xinhuanet.com - Apr 14, 2020 0

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that lifting restrictions too soon could lead to a deadly resurgence of COVID-19 as some countries...

Coronavirus: Number of recovered persons rises to 17

citinewsroom.com - Apr 14, 2020 1

Seventeen infected persons have recovered from the novel coronavirus in Ghana, according to the Ghana Health Service. “We have 17 persons who have recorded double...

COVID -19 cases in Ghana rise to 287

Ghana News Agency - Apr 7, 2020 1

The total number of Coronavirus cases in Ghana has increased to 287. This means that 73 more cases have been added to the country’s case...

People wear masks as they walk in Milan, Italy, Feb. 24, 2020. Six people have died and 222 have tested positive for the novel coronavirus nationwide in Italy, Angelo Borrelli, chief of Civil Protection Department and Extraordinary Commissioner for the Coronavirus Emergency, told a press conference at 6 p.m. local time on Monday. (Photo by Daniele Mascolo/Xinhua)

Italy’s coronavirus cases near 120,000 with falling trend in new infections

xinhuanet.com - Apr 3, 2020 0

To date, the coronavirus pandemic has claimed 14,681 lives in locked-down Italy. The number of confirmed infections, fatalities and recoveries totaled 119,827 on Friday,...

Coronavirus cases in Egypt nudge 1,000

xinhuanet.com - Apr 3, 2020 0

Egypt confirmed on Friday eight COVID-19 deaths and 120 new cases, the largest daily figures since the outbreak of the infectious disease in the...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks at a press conference after the WHO emergency committee's meeting on the novel coronavirus in China at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Qu)

WHO chief highlights financing health response as global coronavirus cases top 1 million

xinhuanet.com - Apr 3, 2020 0

Calling it an essential investment in saving lives, as well as in the longer-term social and economic recovery, the chief of the World Health...

Protect the old from COVID-19, Daniel Maithya urges the Government

News Ghana - Mar 29, 2020 0

With the rise of CoronaVirus cases in the country, Daniel Maithya has urged the government of Kenya to set aside isolation homes for people...

The TV grab shows French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (L) delivering a speech in Paris, France, on March 14, 2020. With the COVID-19 confirmed actively spreading across the country, France entered "stage 3" of its epidemic response plan, which means it is now at highest epidemic alert at national level, announced Director-General of Health Jerome Salomon on Saturday evening. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

France reports over 32,000 coronavirus cases, lockdown extended

xinhuanet.com - Mar 27, 2020 0

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in France has risen by 13 percent within a day to reach a total of 32,964 as of...

Italy sees record high single-day deaths, surpasses China in overall coronavirus cases

xinhuanet.com - Mar 27, 2020 0

The cumulative number of coronavirus cases in Italy reached 86,498 on Friday, exceeding the total figure registered in China, according to data by the...

Israel coronavirus cases surge tenfold to 2,495 in 10 days

xinhuanet.com - Mar 26, 2020 0

The number of novel coronavirus cases in Israel has risen to 2,495, the Israeli Ministry of Health said Thursday. The number has...

Over 400,000 coronavirus cases reported globally

xinhuanet.com - Mar 25, 2020 0

A total of 413,467 cases of COVID-19 were reported globally as of 10:00 CET (0900 GMT) Wednesday, according to the situation dashboard by the...

COVID-19 cases top 100,000 in Europe, more measures expected

xinhuanet.com - Mar 20, 2020 0

Over 100,000 people across Europe had tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of Thursday evening, prompting European governments to unleash more anti-virus measures. More...

Zambian small traders rue increased COVID-19 cases in South Africa

xinhuanet.com - Mar 16, 2020 0

Zambian scale traders involved in cross border trade with South Africa on Monday expressed concern over increased cases of Coronavirus in South Africa. ...

EU restricts export of protective equipment amid spike in coronavirus cases

xinhuanet.com - Mar 16, 2020 0

As Italy reported on Sunday its highest single-day deaths of 368 and France its biggest jump of over 900 new cases of coronavirus in...

Namibia amends school calendar, closes all schools following COVID-19 outbreak

xinhuanet.com - Mar 16, 2020 0

Namibia's Education Ministry on Sunday resolved to amend the school calendar and close all public and private schools from March 16 to April 14...

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