Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

doi:10.4314/gmj.v54i2.1

Editorial

. 2020 Jun;54(2):72-73.

doi: 10.4314/gmj.v54i2.1.

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

Ernest Kenu¹, Joseph A Frimpong², Kwadwo A Koram³

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¹ School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Legon EKenu@ug.edu.gh; ernest_kenu@yahoo.com.
² Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana, Legon asamoah.frimpong@gmail.com.
³ Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon KKoram@noguchi.ug.edu.gh.

PMID: 33536675
PMCID: PMC7829051
DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v54i2.1

Editorial

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

Ernest Kenu et al. Ghana Med J. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;54(2):72-73.

doi: 10.4314/gmj.v54i2.1.

Authors

Ernest Kenu¹, Joseph A Frimpong², Kwadwo A Koram³

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Legon EKenu@ug.edu.gh; ernest_kenu@yahoo.com.
² Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana, Legon asamoah.frimpong@gmail.com.
³ Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon KKoram@noguchi.ug.edu.gh.

PMID: 33536675
PMCID: PMC7829051
DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v54i2.1

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[1] “Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)”. World Health Organization (WHO); 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[2] “Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)”. World Health Organization (WHO); 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[3] “WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19—11 March 2020”. World Health Organization; 11 March 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[4] “WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19—11 March 2020”. World Health Organization; 11 March 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[5] Lake MA. What we know so far: COVID-19 current clinical knowledge and research. Clin Med (Lond) 2020;20(2):124–127. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-coron. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Lake MA. What we know so far: COVID-19 current clinical knowledge and research. Clin Med (Lond) 2020;20(2):124–127. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-coron. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins. Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center; 2020. https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html. Retrieved 31st May 2020.

[8] COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins. Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center; 2020. https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html. Retrieved 31st May 2020.

[9] Coronavirus Cases (Live Update) Worldometer; 2020. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/. Retrieved 31st May 2020.

[10] Coronavirus Cases (Live Update) Worldometer; 2020. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/. Retrieved 31st May 2020.

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