Testing early, rapidly and even with the aid of drones, Ghana has shown success against the pandemic without the resources of Singapore or South Korea. “We know how to bring the economy back to life,” Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a late March address to his country’s citizens. “What we do not know is how to bring people back to life.” Six weeks later, that comment — which made international headlines — is serving as a reminder of early steps the West African state took in curbing the spread of the coronavirus, positioning Ghana as an unlikely success story. |