At the same time, we remain apprehensive and extremely concerned over several issues in the Government-led national response. In these extremely critical, and life-threatening moments, a comprehensive national response is crucial in defeating COVID-19. We call on the mandated institutions to provide clear, complete, correct and consistent information on COVID-19 national response including testing and contact tracing. Government must immediately adopt, in cooperation with civil society, a comprehensive policy that ensures people’s human rights and freedoms, including rights related to protection and access to information. Civil Society is attuned to the risk of corruption and Liberians are already concerned about corruption and fraudulent use of these funds, as we witnessed same during the Ebola outbreak.

Source: Front Page Africa April 17, 2020 23:15 UTC