President Akufo-Addo has restricted movement in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi as part of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus.
These areas have been identified as ‘hotspots’ of infections.
The two-week lockdown will start from 1 am Monday, 30th March 2020 and it is pursuant to the powers granted the President under the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012).
Speaking in a 4th nationwide broadcast, Friday, the President said: “We have succeeded in halting any more importations of the virus into our country, and I think the overwhelming majority of you for adhering to the good hygiene and social distancing protocols announced in my first broadcast to you”.
"If we act now purposefully we have a chance of preventing the escalation of our numbers…effective 1 am, 30th March 2020, I've imposed...restrictions on movement of persons in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA, which includes Awutu Senya East), and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan area and contiguous districts for a period of two weeks subject to review," he added.
Watch the full broadcast in the video below
Update on number of cases
As at the evening of 27 March 2020, fifty-nine (59) COVID-19 cases including four (4) deaths have been confirmed from the regular surveillance systems. All the four (4) deaths had underlying chronic medical conditions. Two have recovered and have been discharged. The remaining fifty-three (53) cases are doing well: fourteen (14) are being managed at home. The rest are on admission and responding well to treatment. Greater proportion of those on treatment with mild symptoms and are awaiting repeat of their laboratory tests to inform decision to discharge them.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Nana is afraid to die
Good one Mr. President. But u should have taken out the economy out of it as it turns out to be a politics or blame game. But in all u have done well
To me we should have followed the old military curfew days .lockdown from 6PM to 6AM and leave the dat times for small business moving abouts to continue so we the poor can survive .also the ban on social gatherings and co should be maintain and the lockdown should have been from 6pm to 6am . now this total lockdown will be very difficult to maintain by us though is a good idea there should have been limits
Jean mensah and Bossman can start thier registration in the ashanti region. Ediots!
will rather advise the president to lockdown himself and his ministers who travelled by heart and imported this sickness here. I will tell him to lockdown all those businessmen and women and other prominent politicians and celebrities whose activities outside Ghana has imported these diseases here and leave those of us ordinary Ghanaians alone to go about our normal business. They are our problem not us.
God is wonderful. Nana addo paaaa who travels more than flood water has stayed in Ghana for continuous two weeks. Who say there is no God. God know the man has been wasting our scarce resources on air travels so he has grounded him. Hurray!
The government should have been clearer. Does it mean people from the affected areas will not travel across to regions or areas which are not hot spots? Because Accra and Kumasi happens to be places where business activities are very prevalent. If movements from region to region is not also restricted, the lockdown may not be effective and the spread can hit other regions too. It is very clear that most people who have been spreading the disease are business travelers. Those prominent men and women who have been traveling left right center all the time. A village man like me will not spread this virus because I have not been to China or all these nations. The politicians, pastors, teachers, lecturers etc who travel for conferences are the ones who have imported this here. We don't need them to be comin to our regions if they are lockdown in Accra. They should stay there.
Akufo-Addo and his economic management team must also put in place an economic package to deal with the Lockdown. Ask landlords not to charge rent, fuel and food subsidies and so. The Lockdown will affect economic activity and will most likely through the economy into recession.
Where were they before the sickness entered the country? He has failed Ghanaians. He didn't do his work as a watchman well. If he had secured our airport well enough, this virus wouldn't have entered. IT IS A SHAME.
Akologo what do you mean you addressed Ghanaians not npp members? He addressed Ghanaians not ndc members rather where dud you fet your his appointees must be tested and made public from what do you want to know from them? Did those Ghanaians they call vertical who hot thd virus posituve did they travel and who knows if even John mahama is a carrier or any of his so called rapid response team with no kits? Take your politucal spectacles off to see clearly the good work that civil people in this government are doing! God Bless Our Homeland Ghana and make Us great and strong !