Soldiers have disrupted a group of individuals in Walewale, North East region who have been defying the coronavirus directives built to safeguard them from catching the virus
Troopers have stormed mosques and other general public gatherings as component of a Covid-19 operation in Walewale, in the North East region.
The military services operation which started out Friday evening, lasted by the night time until Saturday, in several neighbourhoods of the town.
The military individuals shut down some mosques and burnt picket constructions which ended up used as neighborhood social hotspots where men and women acquire to rest and chat.
The troopers also disrupted congregational prayers in three mosques on Friday night and chased away several people of the crowds for not observing the social distancing protocols.
A congregant who fled a person of the mosques, explained to JoyNews that several individuals who could not flee were beaten.
“We had been about to pray Maghreb close to 6 o’clock and all of a unexpected, we saw them coming down from the automobile. All of us like the imam run from the mosque,” the supply, who refused to be determined, mentioned.
“But we have been lucky”, he additional. “They went to two other mosques and conquer up the people. This early morning they went to the cemetery side and burnt down all the constructions erected by the youth.”
Walewale has recorded two constructive circumstances of the coronavirus, with one particular useless and several contacts staying traced by wellbeing authorities.
The initial scenario was verified on Friday 10 April, 2020. On the other hand, the affected individual died and was buried in advance of his exam final results from the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Study proved he was optimistic for Covid-19.
A new situation was also verified on Thursday April 16, from samples taken from 43 primary contacts, like family kinfolk and health and fitness personnel, identified as folks who arrived in contact with the deceased affected individual.
Numerous inhabitants nonetheless question the existence of the coronavirus although other individuals imagine they may be immune, consequently their purpose for disregarding wellness authorities’ advise to keep at residence and end general public gatherings.
Social distancing is also not practiced consistently in Walewale.
