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Award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie has joined the list of whining Ghanaian celebrities who took to twitter to share aftermath pictures and videos of the Earth tremor that hits part of Accra. A few hours ago, parts of Accra was hit with an earth tremor, which caused fear and panic throughout the whole night. Most people including celebrities thought it was the end of the world as described in the Christian Bible. After the earth tremor, which lasted for a few seconds, Sarkodie posted a video showing how his room was wrecked in the process Although there are no casualties recorded, the aftermath of the earth tremor is not so pleasing. From the video, one could tell it isn’t Sarkodie’s actual house but his hotel room, where he is staying for the mandatory quarantine. Watch the video here Sarkodie ✔ @sarkodie Shh got real when we saw this ... 4,864 11:54 PM - Jun 24, 2020

What they don’t tell you about surviving COVID-19 'Recovered' doesn't mean healthy again           Photo: SerhiiHudak/Barcroft Media Via Getty Images A chest X-ray of a COVID-19 patient shows "consolidation," a radiological term refering to dense opacities obscuring lung vessels and bronchial walls. (File photo from the Zakarpattia Centre of Lung Diseases, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine, Most people who catch the new coronavirus don’t experience severe symptoms, and some have no symptoms at all. COVID-19 saves its worst for relatively few. ICU nurse Sherie Antoinette has seen the serious cases first hand. The lucky ones — if you can call them that — recover, but not in the sense that their lives are back to normal. For some, the damage is permanent. Their organs will never fully heal. “When they say ’recovered,’ they don’t tell you that that means you may need a lung transplant,” Antoinette wrote in a Twitter post. “Or that you may come back after discharge with a mass

- Nigerian scientists have discovered coronavirus vaccine as the world continues to find a vaccine for the deadly disease - The scientists, under the aegis of COVID-19 Research Group, said N7.8 million was spent on the study that led to the discovery of the vaccine - it will, however, take a minimum of 18 months for the vaccine to be unveiled for vacinnation  Nigerian Universities’ Scientists under the aegis of COVID-19 Research Group have discovered COVID-19 vaccine.  The scientists made the disclosure on Friday, June 19, saying the vaccine was being developed locally in Africa for Africans but would also work for other continents when unveiled, The Guardian reports. AKD BLOg gathers that the leader of the team, Dr Oladipo Kolawole, said it would take a minimum of 18 months for the vaccine to be unveiled to the public. He said this is because a lot of analysis and studies, as well as approvals by medical authorities, were still required. The scientists, under the aegis of COVID-19 Res

- King Mohammed VI of Morocco is the richest king in Africa with a net worth of $2 billion - On the second and third positions are King Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan and late King Olubuse II with $300m and $755m wealth - Nigeria has two kings listed on the top five richest and Ghana's Otumfuo is 5th according to Wikipedia  Wikipedia has compiled a list of top 5 Africa’s richest kings. The platform reported that the ranking was published by Forbes magazine in 2014. It should be noted the information regarding the king and their wealth was edited on its website on Thursday, May 28. King Mohammed VI of Morocco led the other four kings on the list with $2billion. Nigerian King Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, the Olugbo of the Ugbo Kingdom is second as he commands $300m. Below is the full list: 1. King Mohammed VI of Morocco - $2bn (Morocco) 2. King Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan - $300m (Nigeria) 3. King Olubuse II, late Ooni of Ife - $75m (Nigeria) 4. King Mswati III, the Ngwenyama of Eswatin

According to reports today, the Nima police station has been broken into buy some thieves The theft which occurred during the early hours of Thursday, 19th June, 2020, came as a surprise both to the officers of the police station and the general public. It was reported that, the thieves made away with certain valuable items such as laptops, printers, etc. Also, the uniforms of some of the police officers, which way hanging in the police station, were also taking by the thieves. No arrests have however be made and none of the items have also been retrieved.

The most decorated African rapper,  Sarkodie  is accounted for to be back in Ghana after a long remain abroad due to coronavirus lockdown. Sarkodie for as far back as months have been away from town, making him miss home as he conceded at some point back and making his fans, loved ones miss him too. Uplifting news reaching us today points out that the rap King has landed securely in Ghana and took a selfie with one of the air terminal orderlies, anyway the rapper will be under required isolate. Blogger KobKyei, likewise made a post highlighting the way that the rapper is back in Ghana, as he composed on his online networking handle,  Welcome to Ghana King Sark .   Tracy on her Twitter handle was also welcoming him and did mentioned herself and titi is also in the country 

A three-month-old baby has died of COVID-19 in the Northern Region, bringing the death toll in the region to three. The baby was referred from the Savelugu Hospital to the Northern Regional Hospital in Tamale but died shortly afterwards The two others are an 80-year old lady who died in May and a 24-year-old lady who died last week. The Northern Regional Health Director, Dr John Eleazer, in a radio interview with Accra-based  Citi FM  said the region has a total case count of 52. According to him, 32 persons have recovered from the disease, with 17 active cases being managed at home. As at Tuesday, June 16, Ghana's total case count stood at 12,193 with 4,326 recoveries and 58 deaths. The total number of active cases was 7,809  Convalescent plasma treatment The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on Monday, June 15, approved the use of convalescent plasma intervention for the treatment of critically ill COVID-19 patients. Convalescent plasma (CP) is the term used for plasma that is remov