Ghana has announced a two week lock down in the country’s two main regions starting Monday 30 March in a bid to curb the spread of the corona-virus.
This comes after authorities reported 137 confirmed cases including 4 deaths.
According to President Nana Akufo-Ado, there would be “restrictions on movement of persons in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and contiguous districts for a period of two weeks.”
President Nana said that residents would only be allowed to go out to buy food, water and medicines and to use public toilets.
“There shall be, during this period, no inter-city movement of vehicles and aircrafts for private or commercial purposes except for vehicles and aircrafts providing essential services and those carrying cargo,” he said.
Ghana has suspended public events, closed schools and banned large gatherings in the wake of the pandemic.
