Intensifying education on Covid-19

&NewLine;<p>The Municipal Chief Executive &lpar;MCE&rpar; for Awutu Senya East Municipal&comma; <strong>Michael Yaw Essuman Mensah<&sol;strong>&comma; has indicated that a lot more was needed to be done in the area of educating Ghanaians on the novel coronavirus disease of 2019 &lpar;COVID-19&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This&comma; he said&comma; had become necessary because many of the citizenry were still taking the virus and its ravaging effects for granted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;In fact I have personally been going round to distribute free nose masks and also educating residents within the municipal about COVID-19&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He&comma; therefore&comma; pleaded with the market women and traders in the municipal to continously comply with the safety measures of the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thisdaylive&period;com">COVID-19&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>That&comma; according to Hon Essuman Mensah&comma; will help protect the market women and their customers from contracting the coronavirus disease&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I am appealing to all the market women within the municipal to comply with the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;guardian&period;ng">COVID-19<&sol;a> safety protocols to ensure that we all keep safe from the disease&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he pleaded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The MCE for Awutu Senya East made the call during a disinfection&comma; fumigation and cleaning exercise in the Kasoa Market in the Central Region on Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The exercise marked phase two of the ministry of local government and rural development &lpar;MLGRD&rpar; nationwide markets and public spaces disinfection and cleaning in the Central Region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It was carried out by Tebel Ghana Limited in partnership with waste management giant&comma; Zoomlion Ghana Limited&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Hon Essuman Mensah expressed that he was particularly happy with the second phase markets disinfection programme&comma; stressing that it will help curb the spread of the virus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I am equally happy that the restrictions on churches have been eased which will see many of our churches educate their members on COVID-19&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he gladly stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Places disinfected and fumigated in the Awutu Senya East municipal included the Kasoa Old and New Markets&comma; lorry parks&comma; public toliets and other public spaces&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;