Author: Krobea

The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in South Sudan. Officials say the patient is a 29-year-old woman working for the United Nations who recently arrived in the country from the Netherlands. Experts have warned that the consequences could be dire if the virus spreads rapidly in South Sudan, which has extremely limited health facilities. More than a million people are still displaced from their homes following a six-year civil war that killed around 400,000 people. Last month ministers were finally appointed to a unity government after the former rebel leader Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir signed a…

Nine new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ghana, bringing the total number recorded in the country since Thursday, March 12 to 214. Out of the newly confirmed cases, three were recorded in the Ashanti Region while six were recorded in the Greater Accra Region. Among these nine cases, two have no travel history. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) stated on its website that one in the Greater Accra Region, a 37-year-old woman, has not also had contact with a confirmed case apart from not having ever travelled. “One is a repeat test of travellers under quarantine who was…

The Minority caucus in Parliament has expressed disappointment in the suspension of Parliament, a decision it claims was taken single-handedly by Speaker Mike Oquaye without recourse to its members as required by law. Leader of the caucus Haruna Iddrisu said what the Right Honourable Speaker has done is the “gravest ever threat to parliamentary democracy in Ghana and an assault on the Minority in Parliament”. Speaker Oquaye suspended sitting on Saturday, April 4 when the House was due to rise. He indicated that the decision was taken in collaboration with leaders of both caucuses as a result of the threat…

The Speaker of Parliament, Reverend Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has suspended sitting indefinitely over the scourge of the coronavirus pandemic. He announced to members on Saturday, April 4 that other means are being considered for sittings to be held. “We are working on how we can apply appropriate technology for further development on the work of Parliament. “The details will be supplied to you when relevant consultations have been made,” he said. Parliament was scheduled to rise on Saturday but the Right Honourable Speaker said leadership preferred a suspension so that the House can re-convene within a day or two.…

The Guinean who was part of eight compatriots in isolation in Tamale for testing positive for coronavirus has been found, 3news.com can confirm. The lady, 28, was found in Accra. Zainab Bangula was among a total of 10 West African nationals including two Burkinabes who were spotted in the Northern Region capital but later housed after testing positive for the deadly disease. She was said to have scaled the wall of the hotel where they lodged and left her belongings. A manhunt was immediately issued for her arrest. “Anyone who is found to have the lady in his or her possession…

About 951 Ghanaians who had travelled into the country from Tuesday, March 17 and compulsorily quarantined are due to return home. These persons have tested negative over the quarantine period. “We promise that by Sunday almost all would have left,” the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Aboagye, said on The Key Points on TV3 on Saturday. A total of 1,276 persons were put under mandatory quarantine even before President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced a two-week closure of Ghana’s borders on Saturday, March 21. It came after travel restrictions were imposed on travelers from coronavirus-hit…

Kenya’s former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang has been released on bail after being charged for breaking a nationwide curfew imposed to control the spread of coronavirus. Kipsang, who claimed the world record during the 2013 Berlin marathon, is a police officer. He pleaded guilty in a court on Friday after a night in police cells and was released on bail of 5,000 shillings ($47; £43). He is currently under provisional suspension from the World Integrity Anti-Doping Unit (AIU). “We arrested Kipsang and nine others, including one of the administrators of the county at the Keelu Resort club drinking…

Nurses at the Accident and Emergency Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital will on Monday submit letters to their superiors making known their decision to stay home as a result of coronavirus. This comes in the wake of one nurse at the Centre contracting the deadly disease. Despite assurances by authorities in terms of insurance packages, the nurses say their concerns have not been addressed as personal protective equipment (PPEs), for instance, are not available. Speaking on anonymity on TV3’s Midday Live on Saturday, a nurse said they demand that tests are conducted on each one of them in…

Former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour, has held a one-week commemoration service for his father, Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour, who died at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19. The service was held online on Friday, April 3, exactly a week after untimely death. It was  held indoors in order not to breach government’s lockdown directives. Relatives joined the service via online application Zoom, 3news.com can confirm. It was held at the East Legon home of Obour, who is aspiring to be New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary…

Ghana’s borders will remain closed for the next two weeks. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has by a new Executive Instrument, EI 66, extended the closure of the country’s borders effective Sunday, April 5, the Minister of Information has stated. In a number of tweets, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the “tough” decision was taken to ensure that the risk of importation of coronavirus cases are curtailed. https://twitter.com/konkrumah/status/1246381394395267072?s=20 https://twitter.com/konkrumah/status/1246381397083860992?s=20 https://twitter.com/konkrumah/status/1246381399336259590?s=20 https://twitter.com/konkrumah/status/1246381401097801728?s=20 President Akufo-Addo imposed a two-week border shutdown from midnight of Sunday, March 22. In a nationwide broadcast, the president also ordered a mandatory quarantine of all Ghanaians returning home. So…