General News of Sunday, 29 March 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comCoronavirus: Train trotro drivers to use Aayalolo buses – Dr Abekah-NkrumahAayalolo busFollowing the two-week lockdown declared by president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, some commercial vehicles, popularly known as trotro will be affected economically because of the social distancing policy. Due to this, a health economist at the University of Ghana, Dr Abekah-Nkrumah has advised government to train these drivers who are willing to work how to drive the country’s Aayalolo buses. According to him, deploying more Aayalolo buses in Accra will help check the social distancing policy put in place as one of the measures to help prevent the contraction of the pandemic which is fast spreading. Also, these drivers can be tracked as they are mandated to load from government-designated stations in the region. The new restrictions are part of measures to contain the spread of the virus which has killed 5 out of the 152 confirmed cases so far.

Source: GhanaWeb March 29, 2020 12:56 UTC