Covid-19: Government Extends Partial Lockdown by One-Week
The extension which takes effect next week is however subject to review.
Jonas Danquah 
Government of Ghana has extended the lockdown imposed on some parts of the country amid the covid-19 pandemic by one more week.
The extension which takes effect from Monday, April 13, 2020 will be subject to review.
“The decision has been taken through the issuance of another executive instrument to extend the restriction of movements in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and its contiguous districts by one more week beginning 1am on Monday the 13th of April, subject to review,” the President said in address to the country yesterday, April 9.
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The President earlier announced a two-week partial lockdown of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area including Tema and Kasoa as well as the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area as parts of the effort to stop the spread of the viral disease in the country.
The decision was also aimed at assisting the government enhance its contact tracing and testing efforts.
Meanwhile confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus has shot up to 378.
The President said the new cases were detected as a result of the ongoing enhanced contact tracing and testing exercise.
