Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial hub has asked a category of civil servants to stay at home for the next 14 days effective Monday, March 23, 2020. The move is connected to the coronavirus pandemic which has forced most states in the country to close schools.
A senior Research Scientist and Lecturer at the Department of Medical Diagnostics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Dr. Michael Owusu says 50 to 60 percent of Ghanaians are likely to be exposed to the deadly coronavirus if safety etiquettes are not properly observed with increasing cases of community transmission.
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that government is in the process of securing some 50,000 test kits as part of measures to check the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country.
Despite preventive messages and recommendations announced by the Cameroonian government in dealing with the rising cases of the new coronavirus, many are not adhering to these measures.
Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar have been deployed to enforce a night curfew imposed since Wednesday in anticipation of an outbreak of the new Coronavirus in the war-torn country.
As part of strengthening the measures to prevent a rapid spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, markets in the Greater Accra Region will be closed on Monday, March 23, 2020, for a disinfection exercise.
