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General news for Thursday, December 24, 2020
Source: GNA
2020-12-24
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Information
The government has announced plans to renew the Restrictions Imposition Law, 2020 (Law 1012), which expired on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.
The legislation allowed the imposition of restrictions if reasonably necessary in the interests of defense, public safety, public health, or the operation of essential services; on movement or residence within Ghana and to restrict freedom of entry into the country.
At a press conference in Accra, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said that the Law allows the government to impose COVID-19 restrictions on the movements of people, especially in Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi.
He said that the COVID-19 technical working group was reviewing legislation to ensure compliance with security protocols.
Meanwhile, Oppong Nkrumah urged law enforcement agencies to enforce the ban on beaches, nightclubs, and pubs, as well as comply with COVID-19 safety protocols.
He begged Ghanaians not to frequent beaches and nightclubs during Christmas because they were high-risk areas for the spread of the coronavirus disease.
Currently, Ghana has registered 54,043 positive COVID-19 cases, with 52,777 recoveries / discharged, representing a recovery rate of 97.7%, according to Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General of the Service of Ghana Health.
There are 933 active cases and 333 deaths with a mortality rate of 0.62% well below the global rate of 2.25%.
Ghana has so far analyzed 646,697 cases, representing 20,000 per million population and a positivity rate of 8.4%.
Dr. Kumah-Aboagye said that people with hypertension, diabetes and asthma were more prone to infections and had a higher risk of succumbing to the disease.
People between the ages of 20 and 49 are the most infected.
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