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University of Ghana, Legon has suspended lectures with immediate effect in the outbreak of coronavirus, 3news.com has gathered. Students resident on campus have, however, been asked to stay in their rooms while non-resident students have been asked not to visit campus for now. These were made known by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, in a live broadcast on Sunday, March 15. This comes in the wake of the confirmation of a student as having tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The student, one of six confirmed cases in Ghana, had visited the US…

The Christ Kingdom Ambassadors Church in Takoradi in the Western Region has changed its Sunday Service time as part of efforts to ensure that the church will not serve as a place to contract the coronavirus disease. The church has changed the Sunday Service time from the original 8:00am – 12:00am to 7:30am – 9:00am. Head Pastor Paa Kwesi Hammond told 3news.com that the change was effected a week ago. “Since WHO declared the coronavirus as a pandemic, we had a meeting and looked at ways to protect the church members,” Pastor Hammond intimated. “We considered several measures. One of…

Ghana has now officially recorded six cases of the coronavirus disease as of Sunday, March 15. This was confirmed by the Head of Public Health of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie, at a press briefing on Sunday. The new cases came in pairs just like the first two cases confirmed concurrently by the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research on Thursday, March 12. On Friday, two additional cases were recorded while the other two were recorded on Saturday. All the patients have been quarantined and are in a stable condition, Dr Sarkodie said. The first case on Friday…

Staff of Bui Power Authority (BPA) who have wards at some three international schools recently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic are to self-quarantine. They are to self-quarantine from Monday, March 16 for two weeks. This was contained in a memo issued from the Chief Executive Officer to all staff on Friday. It comes after Ghana confirmed two cases of the deadly disease. One was a Ghanaian diplomat with the United Nations who had travelled from Turkey. The other is a staff of the Norwegian Embassy. The memo said staff who have been in contact with any UNDP and UNESCO…

The inclusion of the Chief Executive Officer of non-governmental organization JOY Foundation Joy Jocelyn Andoh on the list of aspirants to contest the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primary in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Constituency of the Western Region appears to have saved the party from voter apathy among market women in the constituency. On Tuesday, March 10 after the regional chairman of the party Francis Ndede Siah had announced that Joy Jocelyn Andoh has been disqualified, scores of traders at the Tarkwa main market were left disappointed and vowed to vote skirt and blouse in election 2020. “This cannot be happening.…

Government has been urged to take over hotels and make them isolation centres in the face of the growing spread of the coronavirus disease in the country. Professor Fred Binka, an epidemiologist, says Ghana will definitely record higher cases of Covid-19 and it is only prudent for government to make arrangements now. He was speaking on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, March 14. The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) was contributing to discussions on the country’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. Prof Binka insisted that the disease will not suddenly leave…

Government will from Sunday, March 15 provide regular updates on the coronavirus outbreak in the country, 3news.com has gathered, The updates will be spearheaded by the Ministry of Information. It will be twice every week but will be more regular if the need for information on the country’s Covid-19 plans rises. Ghana confirmed two cases of the deadly disease on Thursday, March 12 with the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, addressing journalists to make the announcement. Before then, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had made a public announcement of the country’s preparedness in a live nationwide broadcast. Speaking on TV3/3FM’s…

US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, the White House physician has said. “This evening I received confirmation that the test is negative,” Sean Conley said in a statement on Saturday. Mr Trump underwent a test days after hosting a meeting at his Florida resort with a Brazilian delegation, some of whom have tested positive. Fabio Wajngarten, an aide to the Brazilian president, was among those later confirmed to have the disease. “One week after having dinner with the Brazilian delegation in Mar-a-Lago, the president remains symptom-free,” Mr Conley said. Mr Trump, aged 73, did not self-isolate…

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite coronavirus concerns resulting in the postponement of sporting events. Abe added the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have the final decision whether Tokyo 2020 goes ahead. “We will overcome the spread of the infection and host the Olympics without problem, as planned,” Abe said. Japan has had more than 1,400 cases and 28 deaths resulting from coronavirus. The Tokyo Games is expected to cost about 1.35 trillion yen (£10.26bn), organisers said in December. The Japan section of the Olympic Torch relay is…

It has turned out that the widely reported case of Ghana’s third coronavirus patient tested negative at the laboratory. www.3news.com gathers that the patient, a worker of Underground Mining Alliance (UMA) in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, has been quarantined, nonetheless. There were media reports on Saturday that an expatriate miner, who flew in to Ghana and thither Obuasi via helicopter, was said to have contracted the deadly disease. Most media outlets reported it as Ghana’s third case after two confirmed cases announced by the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, last Thursday. But a memo to staff from UMA’s Project…