Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson though acknowledging the efforts by the government in containing the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, which has become a headache for all nations, says the lockdown directive issued by the president was not the best of decisions to be made.
According to her, there are so many grey areas, loopholes, misinformation, and confusion about President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s new directive.
“While I appreciate the efforts the government is putting in to control this pandemic; I believe this #lockdown was not fully thought through. So many grey areas, loopholes, misinformation, and confusion. Like some people have already run away to other regions,” she tweeted this on March 29, 2020.
Before, the president’s fourth coronavirus address to the nation on Last Friday, the Ghana Health Service called for a lockdown of the country due to the rapid increase of the cases in the country.
“If we want to apply public health principles that will be now. But we don’t live only on public health, we have other parameters to consider, but looking at just the public health principles now will be the best time to shut down. But there are other ramifications and so those things, we need to calculate and make sure that at the earliest point, such systems are put in place,” Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Aboagye said on Newsfile, Saturday, March 21, 2020.
Ghana has a seen a rapid increase of 152 cases in the last 3 weeks with 5 deaths, 2 recovered cases and one person in critical condition.
While I appreciate the efforts the government is putting in to control this pandemic; I believe this #lockdown was not fully thought through.
— Miss Forson (@lydiaforson) March 29, 2020
So many grey areas, loopholes, misinformation and confusion.
Like some people have already run away to other regions 😩
Day one of the lockdown
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 virus have been recorded.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday during his fourth televised address to the nation since the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Ghana, noted that the lockdown is subject to review, is to achieve five key objectives.
Source: Ghanaweb
