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Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. “The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020,” Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a

Saudi Arabia announced early Thursday that entry for individuals aiming to perform Umrah pilgrimage or to visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah has been temporarily suspended over concerns of the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Umrah, a lesser pilgrimage compared

The Parliamentary Press Corps has served notice that it will today, Thursday, February 27, 2020 convey a meeting to decide on its next line action after threats from the Speaker of Parliament to declare journalists as strangers in the House. Speaker

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has dismissed accusations of not paying claims to health service providers thus crippling the businesses of pharmaceutical suppliers. This comes on the back of complaints from the Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana that its members have

There is growing concern among Ghanaian students in Italy following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in that country. Italy has in recent days become Europe’s worst-hit country, with more than 300 cases of the novel coronavirus and 11 deaths. The