ACCRA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The government of Ghana has revised its economic growth rate projections downward to 0.9 percent from the previous 6.8 percent, due to the impact of the novel coronavirus, finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta said on Thursday.
He attributed the slowdown in economic activities to the measures that government rolled out to contain and limit the spread of the virus, including border closures, closure of schools, a three-week partial lockdown in some major urban centers, physical distancing, and restrictions on social and public gathering.