Coronavirus: Ghana likely to be put on lockdown from Sunday – Bright Simons hints.

Bright Simons, Vice President of Imani Ghana has hinted of a national lockdown tomorrow March 22, 2020, by the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

In a tweet sighted by GhanaWeb, Mr Simons posited that the lockdown has been recommended to the president by the National Security Council as a measure to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

“Highly placed sources: Ghana’s Prez advised by National Security Council to commence lockdown from tomorrow,” he tweeted this today March 21, 2020.

Mr Simons added that though, the country needs drastic measures put in place, the government must not copy blindly from other countries who used the lockdown approach.

“We all agree that these are unprecedented times. But this is not the time to copy blindly. “Lockdown” must mean very specific things in an African context. Nothing generic.

Examples: 1. most emergency workers have no cars of their own 2. Ambulance service is sclerotic 3. So public transport is part of critical transit system. 4. Community pharmacies are major health outlets. 5. Radio stations are the functional emergency frequencies. #SmartPolicyPls,” his tweet reads.