{"id":2395,"date":"2020-04-03T17:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/?p=2395"},"modified":"2020-04-03T17:56:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:56:42","slug":"coronavirus-initiate-partial-lockdown-freeze-all-trotro-and-taxi-operations-ken-agyapong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/coronavirus-initiate-partial-lockdown-freeze-all-trotro-and-taxi-operations-ken-agyapong\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: \u2018Initiate partial lockdown; freeze all trotro and taxi operations\u2019 \u2013 Ken Agyapong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Pulse.com News | 25 March 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central has called for a partial lockdown of the country in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

Kennedy Agyapong also believes halting the operations of trotros, taxis and other commercial buses will help prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

The outspoken legislator said, until the government takes these decisions, all efforts will come across as a joke.<\/p>\n

Mr. Agyapong said this when he donated some two thousand beds and medical supplies to the health ministry as his contribution to the fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Kennedy Agyapong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cFor one month, four weeks, they [government] should stop all passenger cars, all taxis and all trotros; if not, we\u2019re joking,\u201d he suggested.<\/p>\n

He further stated that there should be a \u201cpartial lockdown for the meantime and if the situation escalates, we have to have a total lockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Explaining further, Mr. Agyapong said the government must even consider a total lockdown if the partial lockdown does not work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are monitoring the situation, so, you sensitise the people, you give them a partial lockdown and see how they comply with it, if they comply with it and minismise the increase, then we don\u2019t need to have a total lockdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if we do a partial lockdown and the people still do not adhere to it, then I\u2019m afraid we have to go for a total lockdown,\u201d the Assin Central MP added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ghana\u2019s confirmed coronavirus cases has skyrocketed to 68 as of today, March 25, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Pulse.com News | 25 March 2020 The Member of Parliament for Assin Central has called for a partial lockdown of the country in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Kennedy Agyapong also believes halting the operations of trotros, taxis and other commercial buses will help prevent the spread of the virus. The outspoken<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid19-public-response"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t