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The Ghana Police Service has provided an update on security measures in place to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic as the nation joined the world to mark the first day of the Easter festivities.
Before the festive season, the police announced the application of some guidelines that included the prohibition of public gatherings, among others.
According to the service, “the celebration of any carnival, festival, meeting on the beach, street dances, processions, parades and similar events will be illegal.”
Updating the public on Friday’s operation, the service’s Public Affairs Director, Superintendent Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman, said that “there was a heavy police deployment on the beaches of Accra on Good Friday when police enforce Covid protocols. -19 at meetings on the beach. “
He also noted that “the police deployment covered all the beaches including Kokrobitey, La Pleasure beach, Titanic, Bojo, Glefe, Osikan, Sakumomno, Chorkor, Laboma, among others to ensure that the joyous do not fill the beaches in defiance of executive orders. . “
In Weija, for example, the deployment of police personnel began at exactly 5 a.m. at the various Beach Resorts from Aplaku to Langma.
Prior to the deployment, letters were sent to the Management of the Resorts to officially alert them of the exercise by the security agencies.
“So far, almost all the Resorts are complying with the exercise that informed some of them to completely close the beach doors to avoid patronage from the people,” he said.
“The policemen patrol to ward off vacationers on the different beaches. There are FPU reserve men at Bojo Beach, mobile patrols underway and foot patrols on the beaches are significant. As of now, there are positive signs of compliance and the area is relatively quiet, “he added.
Similarly, the police embarked on the Covid-19 enforcement foot patrol exercise within the Amasaman district, some places visited include the Amasaman truck station, the Amasaman market square, the hospital area of Amasaman, Obeyeyie, Fise, Abeahenese, among others.
