The Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly on Wednesday blocked the road from Ghana Commercial Bank office at Akyem New Tafo to the Funeral grounds to serve as a market.
The road was blocked to vehicles while some market women in the main Akyem New Tafo market were relocated onto the road to sell. This move by the Assembly to be repeated every market day (Wednesday and Saturday) is to decongest the main market as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus among traders and customers.
Drivers are therefore urged to use either the police station street, Apostolic Church Street, or the street opposite Nana Kyei Brobbey’s House when going to ECG or Post Office during market days.
The Akyem Tafo Market is one of the most patronized market centers in the Eastern region.
Abuakwa North Municipality has not recorded confirmed case of Coronavirus but its neighboring District, Fanteakwa North has recorded a case. The Eastern Region, in general, has recorded 51 confirmed cases of Coronavirus out of national tally of 1042 as of April 19, 2020. As of April 22, the national figure has increased to 1154 but it has not been made known if case count in the region has increased.
Most of the cases in the Eastern region were recorded among construction workers working on the Tema to Akosombo-Mpakadan Railway Project.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
