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Religious Bodies Asked to Lead in Enforcing Coronavirus Safety Protocol


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August 31, 2021 at 3:06 PM

The Director in charge of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Dacosta Aboagye, has charged religious bodies to play a leading role in the enforcement and education in the fight against the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country.

To this end, he charged the religious bodies in the country to form groups that would lead the education and enforcement of the COVID-19.

Dr Aboagye said this during a stakeholder's engagement with religious organizations on Accra Monday, August 30, 2021.

The stakeholder engagement formed part of the GHS' "Peer-To-Peer Enforcement Strategy" aimed at strengthening the capacity of stakeholders in the various organizations to improve the public's understanding of risks associated with COVID-19.

Dr Aboagye said the fight against the disease would be warn when religious organizations which had large following educate their members to observe the COVID-19 protocols.

According to him, it was incumbent on religious leaders to ensure that their members put on face masks before they were allowed to enter their various organizations.

"Religious leaders must impress on their members to wear nose masks even leaving the house," he added.

He said the GHS had embarked on the exercise to complement the effort of the government and security agencies to ensure that, the leadership of the various groups, such as transport unions, media, traders, traditional and religious leaders educate their members on the strict adherence of the COVID-19 protocol.

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