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The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has announced. Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms “but otherwise remains in good health”, a spokesman said, adding that the Duchess of Cornwall, 72, has been tested but does not have the virus. Both Charles and Camilla are now self-isolating at Balmoral. Buckingham Palace said the Queen last saw her son on 12 March, but also “remains in good health”. The Queen, the palace added, “is following all the appropriate advice with regard to her welfare”. A Clarence House statement read: “In accordance with government and medical advice,…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Western Region has held a balloting exercise for the upcoming parliamentary primaries. The exercise allotted numbers to the contesting aspirants for them to commence their respective campaigns. Scores of supporters of the various aspirants thronged the Western Region office of the ruling party to witness the balloting exercise. Fourteen aspirants from seven constituencies participated in the exercise. Aspirants for Shama and Mpohor were present to witness the balloting. However, aspirants from Amenfi East, Ahanta West, Kwesimentsim, Effia, and Takoradi sent representatives. For Takoradi Constituency, Madam Edna Nyame, who was present, picked Number 2.…

The number of confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus in Ghana is 68, according to the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service. This comes after tests were conducted on returning Ghanaians who were caught up in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s order on Satruday for a mandatory 14-day quarantine. “The sudden spike in case incidence is as a result of the mandatory quarantine and compulsory testing for all travelers entering Ghana, as directed by the president,” the Service indicated on its portal on Wednesday, March 25. Thirty of the 68 confirmed cases have been reported in the general population…

The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture has explained that it is currently not possible to fly rapper Pappy Kojo or any individual who is currently stranded in a coronavirus-hit country, particularly when that country is in a lockdown. Madam Barbara Oteng Gyasi’s disclosure clearly means that the rapper’s calls to be brought back to Ghana from Italy have been dashed. Pappy Kojo, who is currently stranded in Italy, where coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed a lot of lives, had made calls to the government to help bring him back home. The ‘Awo’a’ hitmaker, in an interview with MzGee on the…

Western Region Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Kofi Asemanyi-Mensah has revealed exclusively to 3news.com that all eight suspected coronavirus cases from health facilities have tested negative. “Here in the Western Region, we have no confirmed case,” Dr Asemanyi-Mensah stressed. “We had several suspected cases which samples we’ve taken. But so far, all the samples sent to Noguchi, none of them have been confirmed to be a Covid-19 case. There are around 7 to 8 suspected cases.” He indicated that the cases are scattered all over the place “from Sekondi-Takoradi, some from Tarkwa Nsuaem and few other places”.…

Ghana issued a travel restriction last Tuesday, banning visitors from countries with at least 200 cases of coronavirus. Ghanaians returning to the country were, however, allowed entry but subjected to a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Hotels were thus contracted to house the returning Ghanaians for the mandatory quarantine. Though some have claimed they are enjoying the process at the expense of government, others are complaining about the treatment in the hands of hotel staff. https://twitter.com/oswellcole/status/1241523300792258560?s=20 https://twitter.com/oswellcole/status/1241723894064709633?s=20 A letter sighted by 3news.com and purported to have been issued to guests at one of the hotels reveals the quarantined Ghanaians are intensely isolated.…

A Deputy Minister of Health during the Mahama administration has chastised the attitude of Ghanaian leaders towards the health system, saying nothing seemed to have been learnt from the past. Dr Victor Bampoe, who was in the thick of affairs in Ghana’s preparedness plans in the outbreak of Ebola in the West African sub-region in 2014, said the country is at the cross-roads in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic. He was speaking on Monday, March 23 at a roundtable discussion by experts hosted by Media General on the containment, treatment and surveillance on Covid-19. So far, Ghana has…

Beaches in Ghana have been closed by the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) “until further notice”. As a result, National Security operatives as well as officers of the Ghana Police Service will begin patrols along the beaches from Tuesday, March 24 “to ensure compliance with the closure”. This comes in the wake of 24 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ghana. Already, one person has died from the viral disease. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered all gatherings to cease as he has recommended social distancing. A statement issued by the Authority on Monday said the closure comes as a follow-up…

Gangs of illegal small-scale miners operating at Anwia in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region have accused some New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives of failing to protect their “illegal mining operations” after collecting huge sums of monies from them. They point accusing fingers at the Constituency Chairman, Samuel Atito Kenya, Constituency Secretary John Nwolley and one drone pilot – whose name was only given as Ntiakoh – as persons who have been collecting a bi-weekly amount of GH¢10, 000 from seven separate gangs operating at the site “for protection”. “I was the first person who came to Anwia and…

The Minority in Parliament did not take kindly at all Speaker Professor Mike Oquaye’s reaction on Monday, March 23 when Chief Whip Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak was making an intervention on the floor of the House. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase Constituency observed that the House did not form a quorum to consider an amendment to the Corporate Insolvency Bill. But while drawing the attention of the Speaker, our reporter Komal Klutse said, the Right Honourable Speaker ignored his intervention. The Minority Chief Whip appeared to have taken offence and led members of his caucus out of the House.…