Author: Krobea

A middle-aged woman, whose name has been given as Mariam Issahaku, lost her life after her head mysteriously went off her body while onboard a motorised tricycle from Fielimuo to Hamile in the Upper West Region. There was no accident involving the motor trike, a situational report said. The report sighted by 3news.com said the incident happened on Thursday, May 14. The woman, 50, is said to be seated on the tools container of the motor trike near the rider, who reported the incident to the police in Lambussie. There were four others seated in the bucket of the vehicle.…

A five-year-old girl has become the latest to contract the novel coronavirus disease in the Northern Region. The victim, a resident of the Tamale Metropolis, is among some 13 new cases recorded in the Region between Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. The new cases have seen a jump of more than half in the case count for the Region, from 19 to 32 on Saturday, May 16. Two hospital staff are also among the latest confirmed cases, the Northern Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Eleeza John Bertson, told journalists. The two staff have, however, not gotten in…

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Gyamfi, is accusing the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) of being hell-bent on disenfranchising a majority of Ghana’s voting population. He said the Commission is doing this in cahoots with the National Identification Authority (NIA). But he insists the NDC will not sit unconcerned for such a scheme to come to fruition. “We will win this battle. We will stop them,” he stated on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, May 16. He said all legitimate means including mass actions will be employed to stop the EC from compiling…

The German Bundesliga is the first top-flight league in Europe to resume after club football on the Old Continent took a jolt due to the coronavirus pandemic. Six matches are scheduled to be played on Saturday with the rest, bar one, to be cleared on Sunday. The Bundesliga was suspended in mid-March after the devastating effect of the viral disease across the world with Germany having recorded over 8,000 deaths so far, despite regarded as one of the lowest in Europe. The resumption of the German domestic league will, however, come with strict compliance to safety regulations including no pre-match…

More than 700 persons have recovered from the deadly coronavirus disease, as per the latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) released on Friday, May 15. Four more persons have lost their lives, the count shows. This brings to 28 the total number of persons who have lost their lives from the virus. The total case count has also jumped from 5,530 to 5,638 infections. As a result of the recovered, precisely 786, Ghana’s active cases have also reduced significantly to 4,150. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

Italy’s government has signed a decree that will allow travel to and from the country from 3 June, as it moves to ease its coronavirus lockdown measures. It will also allow travel between the regions – which has so far been tightly restricted – from the same day. The move marks a major step in the country’s efforts to reopen its economy after more than two months of lockdown. Italy has one of the highest death tolls in the world, but its infection rate has fallen sharply in recent days. More than 31,600 people have died with the virus in…

Customers of the Salaga branch of the GCB Bank are in a fix after samples of staff were taken for tests. Information available to 3news.com from Salaga indicates that the samples were taken after one of the bankers (name withheld) was suspected of carrying the virus. Some of the customers who spoke to the news team on grounds of anonymity are unhappy about the situation. They expressed disappointment in the Municipal Covid-19 Emergency Response Committee for allowing the bank to operate after the incident. They are afraid there will be a possible spread should the results of some of the…

The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH) is alleging that some religious groups are trying to put pressure on government to relax the measures put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus. “We do not support this at all,” the Coalition said in a press release issued on Wednesday, May 13. This comes after GCNH conducted a survey across the country on the impact of the measures so far in the combat against the viral disease. It observed, among others, that there is a “huge” misconception around the use of the face masks. “This is dangerous for Ghana,…

A 15-year-old coronavirus patient has escaped from an isolation centre in the Upper West Region of Ghana after being granted permission to go out. The incident occurred Thursday, May 14. Explaining how it happened in an interview with Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Friday, May 15, the Acting Regional Health Director, Dr Damien Pungayire, said the boy asked permission to go out and was allowed. But he has not returned since then, reports say. When Dr Pungayire was questioned about the gravity of the situation, he withdrew his comment and said: “It was an error that I…

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has responded to recent allegations levelled against it by the country’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Prime among the allegations is an existing collusion between the NIA and the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to rig the December 7 elections in favour of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In a statement issued by its Head of Corporate Affairs, ACI Francis Palmdeti, the Authority said the allegations made by NDC’s National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, on Thursday, May 14 cannot be true as NIA is not part of the elections management architecture of the country.…