President Akufo-Addo has lifted the three-week lockdown imposed on the country.
According to the President, the lift of lockdown is to enable Ghanaians to go about their daily activities to ease the difficulty in standards of living by the lockdown.
Addressing the nation in a televised broadcast, the President said the decision which takes effect from Monday, April 20, follows achievements made with aggressive contact tracing and enhanced testing capacities making it possible to contain the spread.
The President on Friday, March 27, 2020, announced a two-week partial lockdown of four major cities, Accra, Tema, Kumasi, and Kasoa, had been placed under a three-week lockdown purposely to hold the spread of the coronavirus.
However, the President also announced that the country’s borders remain closed.
Also, the ban on social gatherings, including religious gatherings as well as the strict adherence social distancing protocol, remain in place, the President said.