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At least 17 members of parliament and 151 support staff members infected with the coronavirus.
Ghana’s Parliament has been closed for at least three weeks due to an increase in coronavirus cases among lawmakers and staff.
At least 17 members of parliament and 151 members of support staff have been infected with the coronavirus, which had already forced lawmakers to limit their assembly meetings.
The Speaker of the House, Alban Bagbin, announced on Tuesday that the legislature would be in recess until March 2 to make way for the “disinfection and sanitation of the premises.”
“In consultation with the leadership, I have decided that the House session be suspended for three weeks,” Bagbin said, adding that Parliament’s nominations committee will continue to meet to consider the ministerial nominees of President Nana Akufo-Addo, who was re-elected. elected in December.
The West African country has reported 73,003 coronavirus cases, including 482 deaths, since the pandemic began.
Large social gatherings such as funerals, weddings, and parties are prohibited and the country’s land and sea borders have been closed to human trafficking since March 2020, while beaches, nightclubs, cinemas and pubs remain closed.
Last month, Ghanaian soldiers were forced to intervene in Parliament to quell a clash between opposing parties in chaotic scenes during the president’s vote.
The new Parliament is divided in half between the two main parties, posing the risk of political deadlock.
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