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Ghana parliament shuts down after COVID-19 outbreak

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo in Accra, Ghana. [Reuters]

Ghana’s parliament has suspended most of its activities for three weeks after at least 17 MPs and 151 staff members were infected with the coronavirus, the speaker said on Tuesday.

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