Author: Krobea

The University of Ghana, Legon has suspended with immediate effect all hall week celebrations by students. “Similarly, other student gatherings are suspended forthwith,” the premier university said in a statement outlining measures taken in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. First of all, sensitization on the viral disease has been heightened by the school since Ghana recorded two cases on Thursday. The sensitization programme has been extended from Legon campus to Korle Bu and Accra City campuses as well as Learning Centres and other related units of the University. The University Hospital and the students’ clinics have also been designated…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has indefinitely postponed the qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations due to the spread of coronavirus. Most football events in Europe have been cancelled. Fixtures of the five major leagues have been postponed until April 3, 2020 with UEFA contemplating postponing the 2020 European Championships. On Wednesday, CAF had said it was monitoring the situation before taking any decision to suspend its competitions. But barely 48 hours after that statement, the continent’s football governing body said all the Matchday 3 and 4 qualifiers scheduled for 25 – 31 March have been called…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has directed all health facilities in the country to make available holding bays to quarantine suspected cases of coronavirus. This is to help control the spread of the virus in case of confirmation. This was made known on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, March 14 by the Head of Public Health of the Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie. This directive comes in the wake of two confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus disease in Ghana. The cases were imported from Turkey – involving a Ghanaian – and Norway – involving a Norwegian. Dr Sarkodie…

President Donald Trump’s travel ban on 26 European nations has come into force in the US, as part of a contingency plan to tackle the coronavirus crisis. The ban applies to non-Americans who have been in the Schengen border-free travel area within 14 days of travelling to the US. The UK, the Republic of Ireland and returning US citizens are not affected. Mr Trump also declared a national emergency, freeing up to $50bn (£40bn) in relief funds. There are nearly 2,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the US, and 43 deaths. Mr Trump’s administration has faced criticism for its failure…

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company’s board to spend more time on philanthropic activities. He says he wants to focus on global health and development, education and tackling climate change. One of the world’s richest men, Mr Gates, 65, has also left the board of Warren Buffett’s massive holding company, Berkshire Hathaway. Mr Gates stepped down from his day-to-day role running Microsoft in 2008. Announcing his latest move, Mr Gates said the company would “always be an important part of my life’s work” and he would continue to be engaged with its leadership. But he said:…

An unimpeachable source within the Western Region leadership of the ruling New Patriotic Party has suggested to 3news.com that there could be yet another change to the list of persons who have qualified to contest in the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries. The source explained there is huge pressure on the Parliamentary Elections Appeals Committee of the party to reinstate some aspirants who were disqualified by the F.F Anto Vetting Committee for the Western Region. This attempt, our source indicated has caused a worrying division among the regional executives as both sides have taken entrenched positions. Already the list of names…

The First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has announced the cancellation of the International Women’s Day High Level Event scheduled to have come off on Friday, March 13. This was contained in a press release on March 13, 2020. The event was to be held at Labadi Beach Hotel in the evening. According to the Office of the First Lady, the cancellation was due to the confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ghana declared by the Health Minister on Thursday. “The Office of the First Lady entreats all Ghanaians to take good care of themselves,” the statement said.…

Elite football in Britain has been suspended until at least 3 April as a result of the spread of coronavirus. All games in England’s Premier League, EFL, FA Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship are postponed. The Premier League said play will start on 4 April subject to “conditions at the time” but BBC sports editor Dan Roan says resuming on the date is privately deemed “almost impossible”. Matches in Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland are also off. England’s international friendly matches against Italy on 27 March and Denmark four days later are off. The EFL, which hopes to resume play…

Magna Cum Laude student Edward Gordon has declared his intention to contest the upcoming presidential elections of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Having attained huge numbers in the approval ratings over the last month, many believe the third year student of the Faculty of Law will be the solution to what students have sought. He pursued his first degree at the same university, where he read Bed. Arts (English and Religion and Human Values) and became a Teaching Assistant at the Department of English. He has nurtured a lot of people on campus…

The Federal Government, on Friday, said the second confirmed case of coronavirus in the country no longer had the virus in his system and would be discharged from the treatment centre in Lagos. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this while giving an update on the virus in Abuja. He said the person, who had contact with the index case, had no symptoms of the COVID 19, adding that he had not been sick while in isolation. He also said the index case, an Italian who is receiving treatment in Lagos, would also be discharged next week. He…