President Akufo-Addo explains Ghana's peculiar lockdown

Ghana chose for herself a unique 'lockdown' suited to her circumstances as the country announces stricter measures to contain and halt the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic across her cities.

President Akufo-Addo who announced the imposition of the Ghana-suitable measures, says the country was not going to copy blindly, what other countries were doing as there was no common solution to the problem.

The measures affected communities in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi, which the President said have been identified by the Ghana Health Service as the “hotspots” of the infections.

He explained thus; "In doing this, we cannot afford to copy blindly, and do all the things some other well-developed countries are doing. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to this pandemic. We have a unique situation in our country, and we must take it into account in dealing with the disease, whilst meeting all the six (6) key WHO guidelines on the most effective ways of combating the pandemic. Even though it may be said that the number of our infections is still, relatively, low, if we act now purposefully, we have a chance of preventing an escalation of our numbers."

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