{"id":2341,"date":"2020-04-03T14:54:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T14:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2020-04-03T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T14:54:14","slug":"nsawam-residents-purchase-food-stuff-in-anticipation-over-lockdown-over-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/nsawam-residents-purchase-food-stuff-in-anticipation-over-lockdown-over-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Nsawam residents purchase food stuff in anticipation over lockdown over Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ghanaian Times Online | 19 March 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

There is mad rush for food items and toiletries from the Nsawam market by residents of Nsawam  and its environs, ostensibly in preparation toward a possible lock down  of the economy due to outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19)<\/p>\n

When the Ghanaian Times visited the Nsawam market on Tuesday, even though it was not a market day, the market was full of shoppers with long queues of people in the various stores and sheds in the market buying food stuffs and other essentials.<\/p>\n

 The Ghanaian Times observed that people were buying rice, oil, fruits and vegetables, maize, corn, beans, gari, corn and cassava dough and other food items.<\/p>\n

Some of the shoppers, who spoke to Ghanaian Times and did not want their names to be mentioned, said they were preparing for any eventuality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came and bought some oil, rice, maize, beans and some fruits and vegetables and toiletries to store for the family,\u201d one of the shoppers said.<\/p>\n

She said even though the country had not reached a crisis situation, there was the need for people to prepare.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am taking a cue from preparation being done by people in countries which have recorded the disease,\u201d one of the shoppers said.<\/p>\n

According to her, she had seen on social media that in some countries people were fighting over toiletries due to shortage.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother, i can\u2019t take chances, we all have to prepare to so that in case we are not asked to go out, we can help ourselves and our neighbours,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Some of the interviewees complained that some shop owners and traders were taking advantage of the problem to arbitrary increased their prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cA product I bought GH\u00a280.00 last Saturday is now being sold at GH\u00a2120.00,\u201d one of the shoppers complained.<\/p>\n

Another person said \u201cI bought a sanitiser for GH\u00a22.00 about two weeks ago, but today the same size of that sanitiser is sold at GH\u00a210.00.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ghana recorded its imported corona virus case on Thursday, March 12, from two persons from Turkey and Norway.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Health which announced the outbreak said the cases were confirmed by the Noguchi Memorial Institute.<\/p>\n

Currently Ghana has recorded seven cases of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Earlier, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced a $100-million package to enhance the country\u2019s preparedness for the disease, which among others, would be used to fund the construction of infrastructure to accommodate people who have the disease.<\/p>\n

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From KINGSLEY ASARE, Nsawam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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