Accra, 24 April, 2020 / 7:11 am (ACI Africa).
Caritas Ghana, the charity wing of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), will continue to support the needs of the poor and vulnerable in areas that were affected by partial lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 even after the country’s President lifted the partial lockdown, an official has said.
“Much as we need to give unflinching support to the President in his decisions, we also intend to remain committed to the poor who have been affected by the lockdown and we will continue supporting them,” said the Executive Secretary of Caritas Ghana, Samuel Zan Akologo.
Addressing the nation on Sunday, April 19, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said the country had recorded immense success against the COVID-19 fight, a situation that warranted the lifting of the partial lockdown.
“In view of our ability to undertake aggressive contact tracing of infected persons, the enhancement of our capacity to test, the expansion in the numbers of our treatment and isolation centers … I have taken the decision to lift the three-week-old restriction on movements in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa, and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and its contiguous districts, with effect from 1 a.m. on Monday, April 20,” the President said.
He noted that the country now has better understanding of the dynamism of the virus and a more ramped up domestic capacity to produce personal protective equipment (PPEs), sanitizers and medical supplies.