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The situation in Italy and Spain, where infections and deaths have fallen in recent days, is “giving hope” on what the United States’ “future could be”, says Deborah Birx, one of President Trump’s coronavirus advisers. On Sunday, New York, the epicentre of the US outbreak, reported a drop in the number of new infections and deaths. “We’re hopeful over the next week that we’ll see a stabilisation of cases in these metropolitan areas where the outbreak began several weeks ago,” Dr Birx said. The US has reported 337,274 confirmed infections and 9,619 deaths from Covid-19, by far the highest tally…

A nurse at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus which has affected 205 people in Ghana and killed five of them in three weeks. It is unclear how the unnamed nurse contracted the disease as the hospital authorities have already begun tracing the primary source of the infection, 3news.com gathered on Friday. They have meanwhile assured the infected staff of their full support, and are expected to soon issue a statement on the case with the full details. It comes at a time that a specialist doctor at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital…

The leaders of the major political parties in the country have commended the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the measures he has put in place to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic in the country.   At a meeting on Friday, 3rd April, 2020, at Jubilee House, at the invitation of President Akufo-Addo, leaders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Conventions People’s Party (CPP), the National Democratic Party (NDP), the People’s National Convention (PNC), the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) were unanimous in their praise for the President’s handling of the…

A specialist doctor with the Greater Accra Regional Hospital at Ridge has tested positive for the deadly novel coronavirus. He self-quarantined after returning into the country from South Africa prior to the partial lockdown in parts of the country. “The doctor who left Ghana to attend a medical conference has tested positive for COVID19,” Management of the Hospital announced in a statement Friday evening. Authorities say the Covid-19 team has since assumed taking care of him at a self-quarantine centre “and he is currently doing well”. “Management of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH), Ridge is in touch with him…

The Upper East Region has recorded its first case of the deadly novel coronavirus, bringing to six the total number of regions which has so far recorded confirmed cases of the virus in the country. According to the Ghana Health Service, the person “has no travel history or contact with any of the confirmed cases”. But information obtained by 3news.com from the region indicates the person is a pregnant woman who lives in Bolgatanga with her family and recently travelled to Tarkwa in the Western Region. She is said to have returned to Bolga on board a public transport, raising…

American comedian and television host Steve Harvey has given a huge stamp of approval to Ghana confessing that the country represents Africa. Steve Harvey, who hosts one of the biggest TV game shows in the world, Family Feud, is of the strong conviction that Ghana is definitely going to change the narrative about Africa. Speaking in an exclusive interview on the 3FM Drive on 3FM with Giovani Caleb, ahead of the premiere of Family Feud on TV3 on Saturday, April 4, Steve Harvey said Ghana is Africa. “Ghana should be very proud of the way they performed on TV because…Ghana…

Bill Withers, the acclaimed 1970s soul singer behind hits Ain’t No Sunshine and Lean On Me has died from heart complications aged 81, his family said. The singer died on Monday in Los Angeles, the family told the Associated Press. They described him in a statement as a “solitary man with a heart driven to connect to the world”. “He spoke honestly to people and connected them to each other,” the statement said. Known for his smooth baritone vocals and sumptuous soul arrangements, he wrote some of the 70s best-remembered songs, including Just The Two Of Us, Lovely Day and…

Premier League clubs will ask players to take a 30% pay cut in order to protect jobs as it was announced the season will not resume until “it is safe and appropriate to do so”. All clubs have agreed to put the proposed “combination of conditional reductions and deferrals” to players. The Premier League will give £125m to the EFL and National League, plus £20m to the NHS and vulnerable groups. Clubs still intend on completing all league and cup fixtures. The EFL, Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship have all suspended play without setting a target return date, meaning…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked the government to tap into the Stabilization Fund to support the economy and cushion many who are suffering as a result of the two-weeks lockdown. His position is in line with the Minority in Parliament and the opposition National Democratic Congress who are averse to government touching the Heritage Fund to fight the disease that has caused the death of five persons in Ghana as of March 30. Even though parliament has approved $35-million financing agreement for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project as well as many institutions contributing to the…

The president of Artisans Association of Ghana (AAG), Gideon Bidor has urged members to adhere to President Akufo-Addo’s directives ordering a partial lockdown in some parts of the country. “We further wish to encourage members to consider partial lockdown all activities with heavy interpersonal traffic for a while until the situation is brought under control”, he said in a statement on Wednesday. According to Mr. Bidor, activities of members involve a lot of personal contacts with colleagues and clients which makes them very vulnerable to the Coronavirus. “AAG involves teamwork which requires a lot of personal contact especially site workers…