The arrest and detention of the offenders of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety protocols on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, in the Greater Accra Region have created panic and fear within the masses in some centres in Accra as well as the country as a whole.

The arrests meted to the offenders numbering 97 by the police officers have caused disaffection among some people in some parts of Accra, as majority of the people prefers to stay indoors because they claimed they did not have money to purchase nose marks.

It will be recalled that the Accra Regional Police Command has arrested 97 people for failing to observe COVID-19 safety protocols.

The suspects were picked up during a special operation ‘Wear your nose mask’ raid in major centres in Accra.

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The four-hour operation was carried out around Tudu, CMB, Farisco, Railways and its environs.

The suspects were persons either having no mask, or had it and yet failed to put it on.

Their arrest comes at the back of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s order to the Inspector General of Police to deploy officers to enforce the directive on compulsory mask-wearing in public places. This has become necessary following the spike in Ghana’s cases, and the President’s announcement that a new strain of the virus has been detected in Ghana.

Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater Accra Regional Chief Correspondent