Nigeria, March 28 -- The government of Ghana has imposed restrictions on movement in some major parts of the country for two weeks effective 1 a.m. March 31.

Addressing the nation Friday evening, President Nana Akufo-Addo said stricter measures were needed to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

"Prevailing circumstances mean stricter measures need to be put in place to stop the spread of the virus in-country in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi which have been identified by the Ghana Health Service as the "hotspots" of the infections," he said.

"In doing this, we cannot afford to copy blindly and do all the things some other well-developed countries are doing. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to this pandemic. We have a unique situatio...