Christmas revelers defy Akufo-Addo’s orders, gather on Sakumono beach

– There is an influx of Christmas revelers on Sakumono beach

– This contravenes President Akufo-Addo’s order to close the beaches

– Covid-19 cases in Ghana are on the rise as the government prepares for mass vaccination

Christmas revelers have flocked to Accra’s Sakumono Beach for what obviously seems like a fun time.

This sharply contravenes President Akufo Addo’s public order that all beaches and pubs remain closed while Ghana fights the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Footage from Adom FM shows revelers in their numbers having fun swimming and dancing to music.

Although Ghana has outlined strategic interventions to control the spread of the coronavirus, enforcement has been very weak across the country. The Ghana Medical Association has condemned what it described as “the indiscipline of Ghanaians to adhere to security protocols against Covid.”

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Many Ghanaians go about their business without covering their faces. The sale and purchase of hand sanitizers has also fallen as if the virus had been completely defeated in the Subregion.

Cases continue to be registered, especially in Accra. A recent graphical presentation of the spread of the virus shows a peak in the first and second weeks of December.

Currently, the new reported case from Ghana stands at 62 as of December 14. Infectious disease experts at the Health Ministry fear that cases will increase on January 1.

Covid-19 cases in Ghana have been on the rise since October, and daily case counts have skyrocketed by the dozens. Disease experts at the University of Ghana project that more than 1 million Ghanaians have the virus, despite recent cases exceeding 45,000.

Meanwhile, President Akufo Addo has ensured Ghana’s readiness to implement a mass vaccination program against Covid-19. Speaking in his recent Covid-19 speech, the president revealed that procurement processes are well advanced to secure millions of vaccine doses by 2021.

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This assurance comes as Ghana’s neighbor Nigeria has registered a new case of the Covid-19 variant that global scientists fear is more contagious than the Covid-19 we know of.