General News of Thursday, 24 December 2020Source: GNACoronavirus: Government to renew Imposition of Restriction ActKojo Oppong Nkrumah, Information MinisterGovernment has announced plans to renew the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012), which expired on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Addressing a news conference in Accra, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said the Act allowed government to impose COVID-19 restrictions on movements of people, especially in the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi. Meanwhile, Mr Oppong Nkrumah urged the security agencies to enforce the ban on beaches, nightclubs and pubs as well as adherence to the COVID-19 safety protocols. There are 933 active cases and 333 deaths with 0.62 per cent fatality rate far below the global rate of 2.25 per cent. Ghana has so far tested 646,697 cases, representing 20,000 per million population and 8.4 per cent positivity rate.

Source: GhanaWeb December 24, 2020 11:57 UTC