Prof. Peter Quartey Director for Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research(ISSER) says the panic buying that climaxed the President's directive of a partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi is clear evidence that many Ghanaians did not understand the directive.
After the announcement of a partial Covid-19 lockdown in Accra, Kasoa, Tema and Kumasi which begun today, March 30, 2020, and will last for two weeks, most people have rushed to the markets for some essentials products.
Mahama Ayariga, MP for Bawku Central is appealing to the indigenes of Bawku in Accra, Ashaiman, Tema, Kumasi and all other areas within government's partial locked down not to immediately rush back to Bawku.
The Ghana Armed Forces, GAF is demanding an apology and retraction from operators of news television station based in Accra, TV3 over a false reportage.
The joint security task force under the code name Operation Covid Safety says they will not intimidate anybody during their operation of enforcing the partial lockdown in the country.
Jibril Yahaya Luwaa, Respiratory therapist at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York says Ghana will need at least 1,000 ventilators to be able to survive the Covid-19 pandemic.
Physician and a Public Health Consultant, Professor Alfred Edwin Fiifi Yawson has advised Ghanaians to be sincere with their travel history in the Covid-19 fight.
The Ghana Health Service, GHS says this is the right time for the government to announce a lockdown as done by the President yesterday to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
A leaked document reveals that the Ghana Police Service has released a deployment strategy for its personnel for a possible lockdown of the country over the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS ) says they are together with many Ghanaians counting on President Akufo-Addo to halt the Ghana Card registration exercise of the National Identification Authority (NIA) to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
