Business News of Friday, 8 May 2020Source: Daily MailCoronavirus: Obuasi markets to close down today to adopt shift systemFile photoAll shops and stores within Obuasi in the Ashanti Region will from today Friday, May 8, be closed down until further notice. This is to allow authorities to execute a planned shift system as Covid-19 cases surge in the mining town. “Management will supply market operators and traders with identification cards to determine their turn on the shift system”, the statement further explained. Both the Obuasi and Obuasi East Municipalities have registered 48 cases of the disease as at Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The Ashanti Region has a total of 163 confirmed Coronavirus cases out of which 47 of the people who tested positive were from Obuasi.

Source: GhanaWeb May 08, 2020 01:30 UTC