LIVE UPDATES: Day 3 of coronavirus lockdown, Information Ministry addresses concerns

Reports suggest health personnel will storm the Ayawaso West Municipality for a compulsory house-to-house testing of residents as the area has been identified as a hotspot for the spread of Coronavirus.

The exercise is expected to commence today as some parts of the country enter day 3 of the lockdown through to April 10.

The partial lockdown, a directive from the president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo which took effect at 1am on Monday, March 30, is one of the drastic measures by the government to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.

It affects areas where significant numbers of virus infections have been recorded. Some parts of the nation’s capital Accra as well as Ashanti regional capital Kumasi, Kasoa and Tema are also hit with the 14-day restriction on movements.

The Ministry of Information has scheduled a press briefing this morning.

Issues expected to be addressed are the heightened enforcement of the lockdown, providing for the homeless and vulnerable as well as the launch of Covid-19 Information Contact Centre.