Covid-19: The Police will Start Arresting Persons without Face Masks – Health Minister
The Health Minister says, arresting people without face masks will serve as a deterrent to others, to strictly adhere to the preventive measures.
The Ghana Police Service will soon start arresting persons who go out in public without the face masks, the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has said.
The minister said, the move has become necessary as persons continue to defy safety protocols despite the growing covid-19 cases in the country.
“I believe soon, we will see the police arresting some of us, who are becoming recalcitrant”
Kwaku Agyeman-Manu said arresting defiant persons will serve as a deterrent to others to strictly adhere to the preventive measures.
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“If you are jailed three months for not wearing a face mask in public, probably [others] will take a cue from that” he said.
The Minister was speaking at the Information Ministry’s press conference today [May 14, 2020].
He urged Ghanaians to adhere to the safety protocols spelt out by health officials in order to curtail the spread of the disease in the country.
The GHS issued a Ministerial Directive for mandatory wearing of face masks last month, as part of measures taken in fighting the pandemic.