The Shama
District Assembly has temporarily closed down two main markets in the district,
following the rise in COVID-19 cases in the Western Region.
The markets are Beposo and Abuesi which would be
reopened after a week.
The region had been declared a hotspot in new
cases for the COVID-19 pandemic with a record of 304 cases.
Mr Joseph Amoah, the District Chief Executive
for the Assembly, said that had necessitated the closure of markets in the Sekondi-Takoradi
Metropolis and Ahanta West Municipality.
The observation of social distancing protocols
and other health measures in the markets had not been strictly followed over
the period.
The authorities had also indicated that many of
the contact tracing of the cases in the Western Region have had close links to
market centres.
Mr Amoah said the closure would pave way for a
shift system to be implemented when the market was eventually opened.
Meanwhile some traders the Ghana News Agency
spoke with expressed displeasure at the short notice of the closure.
GNA
