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A three-month-old baby has died of the novel coronavirus in the Northern Region, health authorities have announced. The infant was a week ago transferred from the Savelugu Hospital to the Tamale Teaching Hospital where he died of the virus. The baby was said to be having difficulty in breathing. Another covid-19 victim, a 24-year-old lady, who was also referred from Bolgatanga, in the Upper East region to the Tamale Teaching hospital also died an hour after her arrival at the health facility. The two latest casualties bring to three, the number of covid-19 deaths in the Northern Region which currently…

Road contractors say the government cannot achieve its ‘Year of Roads’ project due to the obstinate attitude of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, in releasing funds for road projects across the country. Despite the President declaring the year 2020 as “Year of Roads”, the contractors say the Finance Minister has been adamant in releasing funds for such road infrastructure. At his last Media Encounter in December last year, Nana Akufo-Addo said his government would embark on an aggressive road development across Ghana in the year 2020, saying “Next year is the year we will adopt as the year of…

A total of 97 health workers in the Ashanti Region have contracted the deadly novel coronavirus in line of duty, the Regional Health Directorate has revealed. One of them, a Medical Director of the Kwadaso SDA Hospital has died while 14 have since recovered. Health workers affected include 18 doctors and 47 nurses, as well as administrators and cleaners. Kumasi Metro, Obuasi and Oforikrom led with high cases of health workers who have contracted the virus that has so far infected over 12,000 people in the country and killed 66 of them. With only four ventilators for critically-ill patients, the…

Burundi’s newly-elected president, Evariste Ndayishimiye is due to be sworn in on Thursday – two months earlier than planned. The fast-tracked ceremony comes after his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza died suddenly last week. Mr Ndayishimiye is a former rebel leader, like Mr Nkurunziza. He was backed by his predecessor and was declared the winner of May’s presidential election, which the opposition said was rigged. Mr Nkurunziza died aged 55 on 8 June after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government said. There are unconfirmed reports that he was suffering from Covid-19. After 15 years in power, Mr Nkurunziza was due to step…

The Volta Regional Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mr Solomon Denyo, has assured government and all educational stakeholders in the Volta and Oti regions that his outfit will complete the disinfection of private and public schools before schools re-open on Monday. Zoomlion, he said, has accordingly engaged sub-contractors to help speed up the covid-19 disinfection of the schools. He said logistics deployment, mixing and application of chemicals have been executed in a professional manner by their officials, noting there have been great collaboration from all stakeholders. In all, he said they will be disinfecting about 107 senior high schools in…

More than 3,000 structures within military installations in the Ashanti Region have been disinfected against the deadly novel coronavirus. The exercise started from the Military Central Command headquarters at Sofoline through the Old Baracks at Bantama to the 4 Infantry Battalion, also at the Sofoline area in Kumasi. From Tuesday to Wednesday, various facilities within the military installations including bungalows for personnel, quarters for sergeants and warrant officers, officers mess, churches and mosques, schools, shops and clinics were all disinfected with the WHO-approved chemical. Some personnel who spoke to 3news.com expressed delight in the exercise conducted by the leading waste…

Ghana has recorded its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus deaths and new infections two weeks after government eased the country’s covid-19 restrictions. Eight more deaths have been announced Wednesday to bring the total casualties to 66 from the previous 58 cases, while additional 397 new cases have also been confirmed, all within the last 24 hours. The country’s case count now stands at 12,590 with a significant jump in the number of active cases which is now 8,114. The number of recoveries has also gone up marginally from the previous 4,326 to 4,410; an increase of 88. New figures released…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will this Saturday go to the polls in 167 constituencies across the country to elect or affirm parliamentary candidates to represent the party in the December 7 parliamentary elections. The stakes are high for the party considering that these are constituencies where the party is enjoying the incumbency and would wish to retain the seats. Tension is high and so is the interest, especially in constituencies where there appears to be keen competition. The Old Tafo-Pankrono constituency in the Ashanti region comes in handy as a constituency of special interest following the approval of six…

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it has paid a total of 598, 940, 611.70 to NHIS service providers as claims payments from the beginning of this year to date. The amount, it said, includes withholding taxes. It said in a statement Wednesday that the first amount of 92 million cedis after which additional 300,000,000 was released by government for payment to the health service providers. “Additional funds have since been received from government which now totals GHC598, 940, 611.70 paid to NHIS service providers as Claims payments and includes withholding taxes due to them,” it said. Giving a…