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Malawi has reported its first three confirmed cases of coronavirus. The southern African nation was among the few countries on the continent yet to report a case. Others include Lesotho, Comoros, South Sudan and São Tomé and Príncipe. President Peter Mutharika made the announcement in an address to the nation on Thursday and the government also tweeted about it on its official handle: President Mutharika said the three cases were in the capital, Lilongwe. The first involved in a 61-year-old woman who had recently travelled to India to visit her relatives. Two of her contacts, her domestic worker and a…

Just days after Mike Bloomberg launched a program to help American mayors improve their coronavirus response, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced additional actions and funding to combat the pandemic on a global scale. The new $40 million global initiative will support immediate action to prevent or slow the spread of COVID-19 in vulnerable low- and middle-income countries. Bloomberg Philanthropies will partner with the global health organization Vital Strategies on global response efforts, along with the World Health Organization (WHO), to support lower income countries and cities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also announced today, the first virtual convening of The Coronavirus…

The International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has donated 100,000 to the Covid – 19 National Trust Fund to support people whose lives have been negatively impacted by the global pandemic.  The gesture forms part of the church’s corporate social responsibility and commitment to help influence society through Christ. President Akufo – Addo at the weekend announced the setting up of the trust fund and named a former Chief Justice Sophia Akufo chair of the board of trustees. He appealed to Ghanaians and institutions to support the fund. In response, ICGC  has donated the amount with the hope that people who…

The Minority in Parliament has challenged Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to demonstrate how the Government intends to raise the remaining 65 million dollars of the 100 million dollars allocated to fight COVID-19. Parliament on Wednesday approved US$35 million of the US$ 100 directed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, which was to be sourced from a World Bank loan to finance the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project.But the Minority, at a press conference at the Parliament House on Thursday, called on the Government to inform Parliament of the source of funding for the US$65 million and how it…

I woke up this morning and indulging my usual curiosity, I decided to read a November 2007 publication by one Thomas A. Garret on “Economic Effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Implications for a Modern-day Pandemic”. For the avoidance of doubt Thomas, at the time was, the Assistant Vice President and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, he must be praised for his near prophetic write-up some 13 years ago. I read his work wondering if the world did not pay attention to voices like his because the probabilities of such an event occurring was too low?…

Mass testing for coronavirus has begun in five communities in Kumasi which health officials have identified as the hotspots for the deadly virus in the city. Of the 204 confirmed covid-19 cases and five deaths recorded across the country as at Thursday, Kumasi accounts for nine of them, making it the third city with the highest cases after Accra and Tamale. Two of the five deaths were also recorded in Kumasi Ashanti Regional Health Director, Dr Emmanuel Tinkorang told 3news.com Thursday that they are currently following about 200 contacts which have been traced as having had contact with affected persons.…

The Rebecca Foundation has launched what it termed Relief Boxes Challenge as part of its efforts to mitigate economic suffering occasioned by the global pandemic, coronavirus, and the subsequent lockdown in parts of Ghana. The Foundation, through this initiative, will work towards supporting the most vulnerable women who will have difficulties in providing food as well as basic hygiene products for themselves and their families in light of the current situation. The Rebecca Foundation Relief Boxes Challenge will focus on giving out food and personal hygiene and sanitary items to members of identifiable groups including Kayayei, the aged, the destitute…

Several residents in Tema West say they would not allow a building in the neighbourhood to be used as an isolation centre for persons infected with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). The facility was handed over to the state by the owner, Bishop Gideon Titi-Ofei, leader of the Titi-Ofei Ministries, as his contribution towards the fight against the deadly Covid-19. About 204 persons have tested positive, as of April 2, to coronavirus in Ghana since the first confirmed case on March 12. Out of the number five have died and 31 have fully recovered. Some resident residents in the community fear…

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits has hit a record high for the second week in a row as the economic toll tied to the coronavirus intensifies. More than 6.6 million people filed jobless claims in the week ended 28 March, the Department of Labor said. That is nearly double the week earlier, which was also a new record. The deepening economic crisis comes as the number of cases in the US soars to more than 216,000. With the death toll rising to more than 5,000, the White House recently said it would retain restrictions on activity to try…

Ghana has confirmed nine additional Covid-19 cases, bringing the country’s total to 204. They are all from the Greater Accra region, the Ghana Health Service has confirmed. Four (4) of them have no history of travel nor contact with any confirmed case, the Service said on its website. Other four (4) have no travel history but are contacts of confirmed cases in Ghana; and one travelled to Ghana from Benin within the past 14 days. “As at 2nd April 2020, Ghana has recorded 204 cases COVID-19 with five (5) deaths. The number of regions reporting cases remain five (5) (Greater…