There has been a mixed reaction in Ghana after a three-week lockdown which had been imposed on several areas of the country was eased.
Some say Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken a risky move, noting that the country has confirmed more than 1,000 known cases of coronavirus.
However, low-income earners such as street traders, have welcomed the lifting of the restrictions - they would have found it difficult to feed their families if it had continued.
But in recent days some health experts had been calling for the lockdown to be extended and even widened across the country.
The official data shows that the African continent is still the least affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
South Africa is the worst hit with more than 3,000 cases, but all countries are facing difficult decisions on whether to impose severe restrictions in order to try to limit the spread of the virus.
In Kenya, where there are far fewer cases than in Ghana, the authorities have copied South Africa's decision to impose severe restrictions.
That's hitting the poorest the hardest - especially people in towns and cities.
Predicting the future impact of the virus in Africa is still impossible so no-one can definitively say which decision is the right one.
Source: BBC
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THE HARM OF THE GENERAL LOCKDOWN IN KUMASI AND ACCRA WEIGHS FAR MORE THAN EASING IT. WE GET VERY DISTURBING CROWDS IN GIVING OUT FOOD TO THE NEEDY. THIS DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING AWAY FROM OTHERS TO AVOID THE SPREAD OF INFECTION. BESIDES, MANY STILL DO NOT GET FOOD TO EAT. THREE OR TWO GHANAIANS HAVE DIED FROM ENFORCING THE LOCKDOWN. SOME INTENTIONALLY MAKE NONSENSEEE OF THE LOCKDOWN. THEY TELL LIES TO THE POLICE AND THE SOLDIERS AND GIVE ALL KINDS OF FRIVOLOUS EXCUSES. THEY MAKE THE WORK OF ENFORCING THE LOCKDOWN VERY DIFFICULT. LIFE GENERALLY HAS BECOME DIFFICULT FOR MANY. IT MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE LIFTING OF LOCKDOWN DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS AND PRECAUTIONS. ALL STILL NEED TO OBSERVE THE BAN ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, STAY HOME, KEEPING AWAY FROM OTHERS, WEARING FACEMASKS AND GLOVES, HANDS WASHING AND SENSITIZING AND MANY OTHER PRACTICES. MANY THINGS WERE CONSIDERED AND COMPARED TO REACH THE DECISION TO LIFT THE LOCKDOWN. EVERY CHOICE IN LIFE HAS ITS GOOD SIDE AND BAD SIDE. ONE HAS TO EVALUATE ALL THE ISSUES INVOLVED TO DECIDE ON THE LESSER EVIL. THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO LIFT THE BAN IN KUMASI AND ACCRA AND THEIR SURROUNDING IS ADVISED BY THE PROFESSIONALS AND THE EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD WHO ARE WELL-INFORMED IN THE MATTERS RELATING TO THIS GLOBAL CRISIS. WE MUST DO OUR BEST AS GHANAIANS TO COOPERATE WITH OUR LEADERS TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THIS FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. THE GROWING NUMBER OF CASES IN GHANA RESULTS FROM THE MASSIVE TESTING ACROSS THE NATION, WHICH IS SO FAR THE LARGEST IN AFRICA. THE NINE DEATH IS AN EVIDENCE TO THE EFFORT BY THE GOVERNMENT AND MANY IN THE COUNTRY. WE MUST COUNT OURSELVES BLESSED AND THANK GOD. POP