Tag: Coronavirus
One in five in United States fully vaccinated against coronavirus
(dpa) - Around one-fifth of people in the United States - some 66 million people - have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus, data from...
Coronavirus: Bayern without Gnabry in CL clash against PSG
(dpa) - Bayern Munich will be without Serge Gnabry for their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday after the winger...
India logs more than 100,000 virus cases in biggest spike so far
(dpa) – India on Monday reported its biggest-ever daily surge in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, with the country crossing 100,000 infections for...
What do WHO mission members say about virus investigation in Wuhan?
The introduction of the raging coronavirus through a lab incident is "highly unlikely", declared WHO-designated scientists after conducting thorough research in Wuhan, China.
Want to...
Ghana to begin COVID-19 antigen test
Ghana will soon introduce COVID-19 antigen test to improve and enhance testing for coronavirus.
Professor William Ampofo, Head of Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for...
Coronavirus situation on Mallorca relaxed after influx of tourists
dpa/GNA - Coronavirus numbers on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca and the other Balearic islands remain relatively low for the time being...
England eases Covid-19 contact restrictions and allows sports to resume
dpa/GNA - England has further eased its coronavirus contact restrictions to allow for larger outdoor meet-ups and team sports.
As part of Prime Minister...
Covid-19 improves personal hygiene
Some residents in the Tema Metropolis on Monday attributed improvement in their personal hygiene to practising the health protocols outlined since the outbreak of...
United States passes 30 million coronavirus infections
dpa/GNA - The United States has recorded more than 30 million coronavirus infections since the pandemic began.
Data from Johns Hopkins University updated late...
Coronavirus: India temporarily halts Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine exports
BBC/GNA - India has placed a temporary hold on all exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, foreign ministry sources have told the BBC.
They said...
Britain marks one year since entering lockdown
dpa/GNA - Britain is marking one year since it entered its first lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Named "A Day of...
Japan Prime Minister wants Olympics to be ‘victory against coronavirus’
dpa/GNA - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Sunday that staging the Tokyo Olympics in summer is to be "proof of victory...
Modi meets chief ministers as coronavirus spike continues in India
dpa/GNA – Coronavirus infections continue to spike in India with the country reporting nearly 30,000 new cases on Wednesday, its biggest jump in...
India logs worst daily spike in coronavirus cases
dpa/GNA - India recorded 26,291 new coronavirus cases on Monday, its highest single-day spike this year, taking the total caseload to 11,385,339, according...
Pakistan imposes restrictions to control new wave of coronavirus
dpa/GNA – Pakistan on Monday put virus hotspots in densely populated cities under lockdown as the country battles a third wave of the...
The ever increasing SARS-CoV-2 variants: What are the implications for current and future COVID-19...
The GNA feature by Stanley Moffat
Viral (coronavirus included) mutations are changes in the genetic code of a virus that naturally occur when an animal...
Union of Ghanaian Association in Germany supports Sekondi Prisons
The Union of Ghanaian Association in Germany (UGAG e.V) and all Ghanaians in the German Diaspora have donated sanitary equipment to the Sekondi Prisons...
Fourteen health personnel have succumbed to COVID-19 – GHS
A total of 3,656 healthcare providers have so far been infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with 14 of them succumbing to the disease,...
COVID-19: chiefs urged not to relent on fight
Traditional rulers have been urged not to relent but continue to support the government in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus in...
Top German health official warns virus getting harder to control
dpa/GNA - Germany's top disease control official sees "signals of a changing trend" in the pandemic, spelling bad news for plans to gradually...
Brazil registers new daily coronavirus death toll record
dpa/GNA - Brazil has registered a record number of coronavirus-related deaths in a single day, according to data from the Health Ministry.
Wednesday's figure...
Upper West health sector performed better despite COVID-19 – Director
The health sector in the Upper West Region performed better in 2020 despite the dire impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Dr. Damien Punguyire,...
PSG striker Kean tests positive for coronavirus
STATS Perform/dpa/GNA - Paris Saint-Germain striker Moise Kean, has tested positive for coronavirus.
The 21-year-old will miss Wednesday's Ligue 1 clash with Bordeaux, and...
Ghana Attitudes to Covid-19 Vaccine Survey Launched
iRIS Research Consortium (“iRIS Research”) announces the release of its survey assessing the potential acceptance of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine among Ghanaians.
Background: The success...
Coronavirus infections in West Bank spike again
dpa/GNA - The number of new coronavirus infections in the West Bank has significantly risen again, after tough rules had led to a...
Bremen Cup game faces cancellation: coronavirus cases at Regensburg
dpa/GNA - The German Cup quarter-final match between second division Jahn Regensburg and Werder Bremen on Tuesday, is threatened with cancellation after Regensburg...
Two Essen players test positive for coronavirus ahead of cup game
dpa/GNA – Rot-Weiss Essen players Amara Conde and Oguzhan Kefkir have tested positive for the coronavirus and are in isolation, the fourth division...
Estonia records 1,000 daily Covid cases as it marks independence day
dpa/GNA - The number of new coronavirus infections per day in Estonia has reached the 1,000-mark for the second time since the beginning...
PM announces “roadmap” exiting lockdown in England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday that schools in England will reopen from March 8 as part of the "roadmap" to ease the...
Blizzards, pandemic and America’s human rights fairy tales
The American people are being thrashed by one crisis after another: The raging coronavirus pandemic has so far taken almost 500,000 lives in the...