COVID Underdogs: Ghana

Medium (06/03/2020)
  • Ghana has been successful in providing leadership to control the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Ghana’s government communicated well and repeatedly to people about precautions for and the danger of the coronavirus.
  • Ghana prepared research, protective equipment, and testing earlier than most countries.
  • Ghana tested for cases early and in great volume using pool testing, innovating to reach everyone.
  • Due to similar policies, Africa is the least affected region; it has (as of June 3rd) 1.5% of the world’s cases and 0.1% of its deaths.