Author: Krobea

US President Donald Trump has vowed not to order Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus. His comments came after the country’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, urged state and local leaders to be “as forceful as possible” in getting people to wear masks. Wearing face coverings, Dr Fauci added, is “really important” and “we should be using them, everyone”. The wearing of face coverings has become highly politicised in the US. The majority of state governors have now ordered that the wearing of masks outdoors be mandatory, rather than a personal choice. Among them…

The Savannah Regional Director of Health, Dr. Chrisantus Kubio, has confirmed the death of one person who tested positive for Covid-19 in the region. One other person is also on admission at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Catholic Hospital in Damongo. The deceased, according to Dr Kubio, has since been buried at a cemetery outside Damongo in accordance with the protocols put in place for Covid-19 burials. Information gathered by 3news.com revealed the victim was referred to the Catholic Hospital in Damongo from the Central Gonja District. Dr. Chrisantus Kubio appealed to residents of the region to strictly…

Ghana’s Covid-19 case count has seen a further reduction in the number of active cases under care and management at facilities and homes spread across the country In the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service on Friday, 447 new cases were confirmed. This shoots the total cumulative cases up from 26,125 to 26,572. There were more patients who either recovered and were discharged as their number is now 22,915, an increase of about 645. Five persons, however, lost the battle to the virus, bringing the total number of deaths since the outbreak to 144. Regional breakdown Greater Accra…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will complete his 14-day self-isolation today, Saturday, July 18, 2020. The president went on self-isolation on Saturday, July 4 after “at least one person within his close circle tested positive for Covid-19 [on July 4, 2020]”. He tested negative after his first samples were taken. Since then, government has been silent on subsequent tests of the president’s. But he has continued official duties from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House, where he has spent the past 14 days. He chaired the country’s first virtual cabinet meeting last Tuesday. It was the 80th cabinet meeting.…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has announced the continuation of its registration in senior high schools and prisons as well. The Commission said this is to enable those who could not register the last time do so. Despite an injunction against its move, the EC last Friday and Saturday mounted registration centres in some SHSs to register eligible students. “The Commission will continue with the registration exercise at the senior high schools because it was unable to complete the exercise on the 10th and 11th of July due to the large number of applicants,” the EC said in a statement…

The Ghana Police Service has yet again rung changes to its management board (POMAB) and some regional commands. Director General of Research and Planning COP Nathan Kofi Boakye has been moved to head Legal and Prosecutions. In his place comes the Central Regional Commander, DCOP Paul Manly Awini, who will have Transformation in addition to Research and Planning. Tema Regional Commander Edward Johnson Oyirifi-Akrofi moves to head the Eastern Regional Police Command. Find all the changes below: COP Mr. Nathan Kofi Boakye is now the Director-General for Legal and Prosecutions. COP Mr. Paul Manly Awini is now the Director-General for…

Leeds United have been promoted to the Premier League after 16 years away. Their place in the top flight for next season was confirmed by West Brom’s 2-1 defeat at Huddersfield Town on Friday. Leeds will now be crowned champions if Brentford do not beat Stoke on Saturday or the Whites then take a point from Sunday’s visit to Derby County. Argentine Marcelo Bielsa has led the Yorkshire side to promotion in his second season in charge after finishing third in the Championship in 2018-19. Even allowing for the enforced break because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been a…

The University of Ghana, Legon has announced that it will hold a maiden virtual congregation on Thursday, July 30. The ceremony will be for final year undergraduate students of the School of Law and students who took supplementary examinations at the University of Ghana Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. A notice issued and signed by Registrar Mercy Haizel-Ashia on Friday, July 17 said the virtually ceremony will be premiered on Youtube at 10:00am “and subsequently made available for viewing”. “The decision to hold a virtual ceremony was based on the current safety guidelines for meetings in large numbers,” the notice…

Commodity Monitor, a commodity trading, logistics, and research company based in Accra, has rolled out the first-ever successful mercury-free mining equipment that efficiently recover more gold for artisanal and small-scale miners in Ghana without using any chemical like mercury. In a demonstration organized in June this year in the Prestea-Huni Valley District of the Western Region, Commodity Monitor’s gold processor enhanced gold recovery, shortened the time for gold recovery process, and prevented the use of mercury. This intervention aligns with the government’s agenda to promote responsible artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) that curbs the destruction of forest and water resources.…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has denied issuing a voter identification card to an Asian male. This follows the circulation on social media of a new voter ID card with a photo of an Asian male. According to the EC, the card with an ID No: 2809012504 which was originally commissioned to Nana Kweku Okai Brako has been photoshopped with the image of the Asian male onto the face of the card. “All of the photographs on the EC voter ID card have a blue background. “In the photoshopped ID card, the background of the photograph with the Asian male…