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Restriction of movements in some parts of Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi is in full force for two weeks, as a way of controlling the spread of the dreaded novel Coronavirus in Ghana. These areas are described by the Ghana Health Service as the epicenters, where substantial numbers of the …

Government has empowered the security forces to enforce the partial lockdown of certain parts of the country in order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said. “Let me also reiterate that the ban on public gatherings, religious or social, is still in …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has imposed restrictions on movement in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions of Ghana as part of measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus which has killed four people in Ghana so far out of some one hundred thirty-seven patients of which two have recovered. The …

President Akufo-Addo has ordered the lockdown of Accra and Kumasi for two weeks as part of the government’s efforts to mitigate the spread of coronavirus in Ghana. The lockdown will also affect the Senya Breku municipality in the Central region. The lockdown takes effect Monday dawn with essential workers exempted …

Documents available to 3news.com, prepared by the Ghana Police Service, point to a looming “partial to full lockdown” of four big cities in the country in the coming days. Cities to be affected are Accra, Tema in the Greater Accra region as well as Kumasi and Obuasi in the Ashanti …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he feels vindicated by the decision to mandatorily quarantine travellers who flew into the country when he issued a directive to shutdown Ghana’s borders. According to him, the overwhelming number of coronavirus cases that Ghana has recorded are all imported into the country by people who …

  The Kwahu Traditional Council in the Eastern Region has announced a lockdown of the traditional area as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The directive is binding on all five Municipal and District Assemblies under it. These are Kwahu West, Kwahu East, Kwahu South, Afram Plains North …

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has allayed fears of a possible lockdown of the nation due to increasing recorded cases of the novel coronavirus in the country. Rumours of a possible lockdown of the nation by the government over the fast rising cases of COVID-19 in the country have been …