The President, Akufo-Addo on Sunday, May 31, 2020, announced the easing of a few of the constraints troubled the country as part of measures to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The choice comes on the back of an upsurge in the number of Coronavirus cases tape-recorded within the last few weeks.
But addressing the country on Sunday, May 31, 2020, the President among described that the easing of the restrictions was accepted by different identifiable groups and institutions in the nation.
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“An agreement has emerged from these assessments that we must start a strategic, controlled, progressive, safe easing of restrictions to get our lives and economy back to regular,” he said in his address on Sunday, May 31, 2020.
The suspension of the restrictions consists of the reopening of schools for final year JHS, SHS, and university trainees.
Religious services can likewise start but with strict procedures.
Below are some of the reasons the President has eased COVID-19 restrictions
- Our ability to trace, test, and treat persons with the virus has actually enhanced considerably
2. We now have a big army of effective contact tracers
3. We have actually broadened the variety of testing centers from two (2) to 10 (10) throughout the country
4. We have increased considerably the number of treatment, quarantine and isolation centers
5. We have actually lessened our reliance on foreign imports and scaled up considerably domestic production and distribution of individual protective devices to our health care employees.
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6. Our hospitalization and death rates have been, persistently, very low, a few of the most affordable in Africa and on the planet.
7. We can not deal with these restrictions forever, and that it is vital we discover a safe method to return our lives to normality, as other nations around the world are trying to do.
8. There has been agreement from stakeholder discussions for relieving of constraints
However, Ghana’s case count of the novel COVID-19 has risen to 8,070. The recoveries have also increased to 2,947.
This was announced by President Akufo-Addo in a televised address to the nation on Sunday, May 31, 2020.
