User:Kwesi Yema/sandbox/ Ghanaian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Biography
Akyaama is a descendant of the Oyoko clan, daughter of Aberafi Yaa, granddaughter of the third Asantehemaa Akua Friyie. Her childhood and her history are very fragmentary because she was the subject of a significant dynastic erasure by Konadu Yaadom from 1780. This Asantehemaa cannot be found in the official genealogy and is only identified through historical research. It characterizes a period of significant dynastic unrest which pushed his successor, Konadu Yaadom, to reshape the genealogy as a result of banishment. Historians rely on European reports to demonstrate the existence of Akyaama, named Akjaanba in Dutch reports. She is married to the head of the Mampong Metropolitan District, the Mamponhene.

Her accession to the throne probably took place in the 1750s since a first document, dating from 1758, identifies her as the aunt of King Kusi Obodom  . His reign will be marked by a major conflict which opposes him to the new Asantehene , Osei Kwadwo, in 1766 as evidenced by a British report. And it ends with a very serious fault which makes her a yafunu (banished). Some sources suggest that it was banned around 1770.[ 5 ] A British document from 1780 confirms that his erasure and dismissal is already effective and that the new Asantehemaa, Konadu Yaadom, is responsible.

Akyaama represents a lost genealogical link because she is the grandmother of Kwaku Dua I through her daughter Amma Sewaa, the mother of Osei Kwame Panyin and the adoptive grandmother of Adoma Akosua.

Akyaama's precise identity remains undetermined, as does the cause of his banishment. She reigned during a period of significant internal unrest which subsequently led to the dismissal of Osei Kwadwo [ 5 ] .

Banishment
The consequences of the banishment extend to all of Akyaama's descendants who no longer have the right to practice within the royal districts or to claim a title. However, this sanction was lifted in 1807. The simple fact of pronouncing the name Akyaama is then prohibited. Genealogical modifications transfer the motherhood of children from Akyaama to Konadu Yaadom. The dismissal of Akyaama provokes a succession of forfeitures and maneuvers aimed at removing Akyaama's descendants from the golden throne. For almost a century, the banishment of Akyaama was seen as the “worm in the fruit” of the Kumasi royal lineage. The survivors who descended from Akyaama found refuge in Juaben.

However, in 1777, the Mamponhene, previously married to Akyaama and father of Osei Kwame Panyin, caused the forcible removal of the Asantehene Osei Kwadwo in order to place his own son there. This is also a consequence of the banishment since many grievances are addressed to Osei Kwadwo following it, leading to this dynastic conflict [ 5 ] .

The dynastic conflict taking place in the Empire is well known to Europeans but is not a sufficient reason for the decline of Akyaama. One track evokes the transition of the throne of the Asantehema, hitherto linked to the Oyoko of Kumasi, and then moved to Kokofu, another dynastic branch [ 5 ] . Indeed, until then, the throne of Asantehemaa was one of the only two thrones spared by the reform of Okomfo Anokye during the establishment of the golden throne. With the fall of Akyaama, a new throne and a reevaluation of functions are required. There is indeed a throne of Akyaama in Pampaso, a district of Kumasi, and which could well be the throne of the deposed queen, excluded from the possibility of joining a mausoleum [ 7 ]

Osei Bonsu
https://books.google.com/books?id=4SEiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA227&dq=the+Dutch+fort+at+Kormantin+%22was+surrendered+to+Asante&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNsL3Xl_D7AhVYgM4BHfDEDboQuwV6BAgFEAc#v=onepage&q=the%20Dutch%20fort%20at%20Kormantin%20%22was%20surrendered%20to%20Asante&f=false
 * Dutch fort surrender

https://books.google.com/books?id=AApBAAAAIAAJ&q=the+Dutch+fort+at+Kormantin+%22was+surrendered+to+Asante&dq=the+Dutch+fort+at+Kormantin+%22was+surrendered+to+Asante&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNsL3Xl_D7AhVYgM4BHfDEDboQ6AF6BAgBEAM

1800 or 1801 enstooled

https://books.google.com/books?id=Z50qexNM6DUC&pg=PA37&dq=opoku+fofie&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcr_fVlNn9AhWzRaQEHagGBoEQuwV6BAgCEAc#v=onepage&q=opoku%20fofie&f=false

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Osei-Bonsu

https://books.google.com/books?id=4SEiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA226&dq=osei+bonsu+1801&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwja25enlNn9AhV2VaQEHd3kCUYQuwV6BAgIEAc#v=onepage&q=osei%20bonsu%201801&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=FPYoCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA91&dq=osei+bonsu+1801&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwja25enlNn9AhV2VaQEHd3kCUYQuwV6BAgEEAc#v=onepage&q=osei%20bonsu%201801&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=3C2tzBSAp3MC&pg=PA368&dq=osei+bonsu+1801&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwja25enlNn9AhV2VaQEHd3kCUYQuwV6BAgGEAc#v=onepage&q=osei%20bonsu%201801&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=VC7kKcXdDhkC&pg=PA265&dq=osei+bonsu+1801&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwja25enlNn9AhV2VaQEHd3kCUYQuwV6BAgNEAY#v=onepage&q=osei%20bonsu%201801&f=false

1804

https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA460&dq=osei+bonsu+1804&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-i-7vltn9AhVSh_0HHcyhBcQQuwV6BAgMEAg#v=onepage&q=osei%20bonsu%201804&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=iUIJSxxVaI0C&pg=PA123&dq=osei+bonsu+1804&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-i-7vltn9AhVSh_0HHcyhBcQQuwV6BAgFEAc#v=onepage&q=osei%20bonsu%201804&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=Up_EcXthzCcC&pg=PA20&dq=Opoku+ware+expansion&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjo_5qN_Z_-AhWFUaQEHXCrDN0QuwV6BAgGEAg#v=onepage&q=Opoku%20ware%20expansion&f=false
 * Opoku Ware expand

https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZB2CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59&dq=Opoku+ware+expansion&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcmZ_T-Z_-AhVOuKQKHTeKCUo4ChC7BXoECAUQBw#v=onepage&q=Opoku%20ware%20expansion&f=false
 * Opoku ware ntam kese

17th century
Guns were introduced in early Ghana through trade with the Portuguese in the 16th century. The Dutch were involved in the military conflicts of coastal Ghanaian states by the turn of the 17th century. In 1613, the king of Accra requested Dutch military assistance against his enemies; this resulted in 20 to 25 Dutch musketeers accompanying a 1000 Accra military force in an attack on Etsi. A report of I629 indicated that the king of Asebu borrowed 60 or 70 muskets along with two small gotelingen cannons to aid in his battle against Etsi. This was probably the period when local musketeers and gunmen were first used in war without Dutch or European influence. In the 17th cemtury, the infantry of many coastal Ghanaian states were made up of archers, spearmen with shields, swordsmen with battle-axes, and musketeers. According to Ray Kea, 4 modes of warfare existed among the states of the Gold Coast; these were the use of ambuscades, night combat, skirmishes and pitched battles involving thousands of soldiers. From the 18th and 19th centuries, firearms spread deeper into the lands past the coast. This was a factor for the rise of expansionist states such as Akwamu, Denkyira and Ashanti. In Northern Ghana, Dagomba, an Ashanti dependency, was able to raise a small body of musketeers in the 1780s. The majority states of Northern Ghana preferred the use of spears, swords, lances, bows and arrows over firearms in warfare.

Dutch-Portuguese rivalry
The Dutch made incursions into the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1625 as part of the Dutch–Portuguese War. 1,200 soldiers of the Dutch West India Company were transported by a fleet of 15 ships where they landed and assaulted the Portuguese garrison at the Elmina Castle. 56 Portuguese soldiers were supported by 200 Ghanaian allies formed the garrison defending the castle. Elmina castle came under artillery fire from the Dutch where they proceeded to enter the castle but they were ambushed by the Portuguese and Ghanaian forces. Of the 1200 Dutch soldiers, only 45 survived the ambush. The Dutch West India Company invaded Elmina once more in 1637 with a force numbered 800. 30 Portuguese soldiers with 1000 native Ghanaian allies reinforced the castle. The battle ended with Portuguese surrender and the Dutch capture of the Elmina castle.

Ashanti-Denkyira rivalry
Denkyira was the dominant power among the Akan states Between the 1660s and 1690s. Ashanti was initially a group of Akan clans under subjugation by Denkyira. Osei Kofi Tutu I led a consolidation of Akan clans to curb Denkyira's expansion and win independence from their influence. In 1701, Denkyira's forces, led by Ntim Gyakari, drove the Ashanti coalition forces north out of Adunku, Aboatem and Aputuog. Ntim Gyakari pursued the retreating Ashanti forces to Feyiase where a battle ensued. Denkyira had deployed 2 or 3 Dutch cannons whiles the Ashanti had limited access to firearms. The Denkyira army was defeated at Feyiase where the main force of Osei Tutu's army was positioned. Ntim Gyakari was killed in battle with the Ashanti capturing Denkyria's cannons as well as looting its capital city. Denkyira was absorbed into Ashanti after the battle.

Anglo-Dutch rivalry
During the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, Thomas Shirley led British forces to an expedition to the Dutch Gold Coast in 1781. P55. Elmina Castle and St. Jago Castle were assaulted simultaneously. There was an exchange of fire between British HMS Leander and the Elmina and Jago Castle. The next day, British forces attacked Elmina on land but were forced to retreat after both the Elmina and Jago Castle focused fire on the British land force. p55 Over the course of the expedition, the British were able to capture Fort Nassau, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Lijdzaamheid, Fort Goede Hoop and Fort Crêvecoeur from the Dutch.

First Anglo-Ashanti wars
By the 1820s, the British had decided to support the Fanti Fante against Ashanti raids from inland. Economic and social friction played their part in the causes for the outbreak of violence.

The immediate cause of the war happened when a group of Ashanti kidnapped and murdered an African serviceman of the Royal African Corps on 1 February 1823. A small British group was led into a trap which resulted in 10 killed, 39 wounded and a British retreat. The Ashanti tried to negotiate but the British governor, Sir Charles MacCarthy, rejected Ashanti claims to Fanti areas of the coast and resisted overtures by the Ashanti to negotiate.

MacCarthy led an invading force from the Cape Coast in two columns. The governor was in the first group of 500, which lost contact with the second column when they encountered the Ashanti army of around 10,000 on 22 January 1824, in the battle of Nsamankow. The British ran out of ammunition, suffered losses and were overrun. Almost all the British force were killed immediately while 20 managed to escape.

MacCarthy, along with the ensign and his secretary, attempted to fall back; he was wounded by gunfire, however, and killed by a second shot shortly thereafter. Ensign Wetherell was killed while trying to defend MacCarthy's body. Williams was taken prisoner for several months and on his release narrated that he was spared death when an Ashanti sub-chief recognised and spared his life due to a previous favour Williams had shown him. Williams was held prisoner for several months in a hut which also held the decapitated heads of MacCarthy and Wetherell.

MacCarthy's skull was rimmed with gold and was purportedly used as a drinking-cup by Ashanti rulers. An eye-witness stated he "saw ensign Wetherell, who appeared also to have been wounded, lying close to MacCarthy. Some of the Ashantis were attempting to cut off his head, and had already inflicted one gash on the back of his neck; luckily at this crisis an Ashanti of authority came up and recognising Williams, from whom he had received some kindness, withheld the hand of the assailant. On Williams's recovering his senses, he saw the headless trunks of MacCarthy, Buckle, and Wetherell. During his captivity he was lodged under a thatched shed in the same rooms as the heads which, owing to some peculiar process, were in a perfect state of preservation."

Major Alexander Gordon Laing returned to Britain with news of their fate. The Ashanti swept down to the coast, but disease forced them back. The new governor of the Gold Coast, John Hope Smith, started to gather a new army, mainly comprising natives, including Denkyiras, many of the traditional enemies of the Ashanti. In August 1826, the governor heard that the Ashanti were planning on attacking Accra. A defensive position was prepared on the open plain about 15 km north of Accra and the 11,000 men waited.

On 7 August, the Ashanti army appeared and attacked the centre of the British line where the best troops were held, which included some Royal Marines, the militia and a battery of Congreve rockets. The battle dissolved into hand-to-hand fighting but the Ashanti force were not doing well on their flanks whilst they looked like winning in the centre. Then the rockets were fired. The novelty of the weapons, the explosions, rocket trails, and grievous wounds caused by flying metal shards caused the Ashanti to fall back. Soon they fled leaving thousands of casualties on the field. In 1831, the Pra River was accepted as the border in a treaty.

ATB
Asante Traditional Buildings is a World Heritage Site in Ghana, which is a collection of 10 traditionally built buildings from the time of the Ashanti Empire in the area.

The Ashanti Empire which had its golden age in the 18th century, fell during the British occupation of the area from 1806 to 1901, and most Asante buildings of the period were destroyed during the era. Among other buildings, the royal mausoleum was destroyed by Baden-Powell in 1895.

The buildings were described as "home of men and gods", and are the last remains of the history and culture of the Asante people. The houses are built of clay, straw and wood, and are vulnerable to natural fluctuations. There is therefore a need for the preservation of the buildings. https://www.jstor.org/stable/179951?seq=18

Mmarima

Botsw
As a precautionary measure the government has banned gatherings of more than 50 people and the entry of people from countries deemed high-risk. On 24 March, the government announced that borders would be closed. Citizens of Botswana are permitted to return but must be quarantined for 14 days. There is concern, however, that people may still enter Botswana illegally from Zimbabwe by avoiding official border crossings.

All schools were closed from 20 March. Teaching resumed on 2 June.

The pandemic and travel restrictions disrupted what was to be Botswana's first elephant hunting season since 2014 and affected the diamond industry.

On 31 March the president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi

With effect from 1 May 2020, wearing a face mask is compulsory when leaving one's home.

On 20 May the extreme social distancing brought in on 2 April came to an end. It was replaced by a zoning strategy combined with 13 check points between zones. There are nine COVID-19 zones: Boteti, Chobe, Ghanzi, Greater Francistown, Greater Gaborone, Greater Palapye, Greater Phikwe, Maun, Kgalagadi. On July 31 the Greater Gaborone zone came under lock down.

On 12 June Stanbic Bank Botswana was ordered temporarily to close its Gaborone head office and Fairgrounds branch following a positive test for COVID-19 from an employee. After comprehensive testing with negative results they were able to open again on 17 June (head office) and 18 June (branch).

Also on 12 June, Gaborone Private Hospital (GPH) was ordered to close following eight patients testing positive. All eight tests were later declared negative by the COVID-19 Task Force Team after additional testing and the hospital was allowed to open again from 15 June. GPH has subsequently insisted on its original positive test results. The disagreement over test protocols, outcomes and use of accredited laboratories risked escalating to a matter of national security.

Nij
On 29 June, the federal government lifted the ban placed on inter-state travels and announced the re-opening of schools for only graduating students, effective from 1 July.

https://books.google.com/books?id=cRIbZRBweoEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Dahomey+tribute+forty+men,+women,+guns,+and+four+hundred+loads+of+cowries+and+corals+to+Oyo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirxsue7O_7AhVkgc4BHbiRBowQuwV6BAgJEAY#v=onepage&q=Asante&f=false
 * Dahomey banking

https://books.google.com/books?id=fKt-AAAAMAAJ&q=ww2+50+million&dq=ww2+50+million&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y
 * WW2 casualties

Ghanaian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
The Government of Ghana initially responded to the virus through a nation wide disinfection and fumigation exercise which began in April 2020. In order to curb the spread of the virus, the government enforced lockdowns, aggressive contact tracing, public bans and social measures such as encouraging the wearing of face masks. By April, it began the gradual reopening of the country; lifting all lockdowns while maintaining protocols such as maintaining social distancing. Throughout the pandemic, the government partnered with the private sector in order to roll out economic reliefs and recovery programs as a result of the impact of the pandemic on Ghana's economy. There was also an expansion of medical facilities especially the improvement of testing logistics.

Background
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness that affected a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. This was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019. On 11th March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel COVID-19 a pandemic.

Ghana's first two cases of the corona virus disease were confirmed on 12th March 2020, when two infected people came to Ghana; one from Norway and the other from Turkey. The 2014 Ebola outbreak accelerated the preparedness efforts of Ghana as the government came together with its partners to take decisive action, implementing and developing the “National Preparedness and Response Plan for Prevention and Control of Ebola” in readiness for an outbreak. This helped build and strengthen systems to help address any future outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic.

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https://books.google.com/books?id=cxeEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT105&dq=Bonny+navy&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRmpbS-4r8AhUYg_0HHQWFAdkQuwV6BAgIEAY#v=onepage&q=Bonny%20navy&f=false
 * Af navies

Kpen https://books.google.com/books?id=Pr-PDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=Abomey+Cana+Road&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp97-1kov8AhUFSKQEHSlGAiAQuwV6BAgJEAc#v=onepage&q=Abomey%20Cana%20Road&f=false

https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/greatbeninitscus00roth

https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq0KhfzS4g4C&pg=PT164&lpg=PT164&dq=haida+armor&source=bl&ots=qnoqmcjfRz&sig=ACfU3U17DXIJn9_lPmF9GQVemZVzpwMkdw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKs9vKian9AhULgf0HHXdJC5MQ6AF6BAhaEAI#v=onepage&q=haida%20armor&f=false
 * native American warfare

https://books.google.com/books?id=t9FYEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111&dq=fufu+played+a+key+role+as+a+dish+desired+above+others&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjq6cjV2p79AhVoc_EDHSLwAsEQuwV6BAgFEAc#v=onepage&q=fufu%20played%20a%20key%20role%20as%20a%20dish%20desired%20above%20others&f=false

https://archive.org/details/TheSuccessorsOfHeracliusTo717/page/n15/mode/1up
 * Battle of Sebastopolis

https://books.google.com/books?id=zLvhIphg8zwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false


 * A 1,000-Year History of Typhoon Landfalls in Guangdong, Southern China, Reconstructed from Chinese Historical Documentary Records

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Medieval_Africa_1250_1800/4o-OZ5w-BmMC?hl=en
 * Jaga ppl

https://books.google.com/books?id=4o-OZ5w-BmMC&pg=PA172&dq=it+was+in+connection+with+the+war+of+1556+between++Kongo+and+Ndongo&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRt5aqsOD-AhXOCuwKHbERCVcQuwV6BAgCEAg#v=onepage&q=it%20was%20in%20connection%20with%20the%20war%20of%201556%20between%20%20Kongo%20and%20Ndongo&f=false

https://books.google.com/books/about/Medieval_Africa_1250_1800.html?id=4o-OZ5w-BmMC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboemv=1&ovdme=1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false


 * Dongjin Brige

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24449610?seq=13


 * Incan roads

Of H region https://www.jstor.org/stable/2694488

Rethinking https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Rethinking-imperial-infrastructure%3A-A-bottom-up-on-Garrido/25bd8f04a4bb1a8fd8b32c5447e1a2c38df91847

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339601109_The_dissemblance_of_the_constructed_landscape_in_Ausonius'_Mosella
 * Ictinus

https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung-rev2&source=android-browser&q=2005+German+football+match-fixing+scandal&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiG0YLD8qn_AhXChFwKHTJeCBgQ0pQJegQICRAB
 * 2005 German match fixing scandal

Medical response
The government begun the construction of various treatment centers across the country to help in the National COVID-19 Treatment. This includes the Ghana Infectious Disease Centre There was also the expansion of COVID-19 treatment centers across Ghana in order to make available more logistics and beds for COVID-19 management. Ghana begun the local production of nose masks as well as Medical gowns, head covers, and medical scrubs. One million face masks are produced a day. The government claimed that about 18.8million face masks have been manufactured by the country. Government has set aside 80million Ghana cedis to pay frontline health workers' incentive package as part of Ghana's COVID-19 pandemic preparedness. On 29 March, the government of Ghana set up a quarantine centre at the Northern Regional capital, Tamale, after the confirmation of 10 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in that part of the country.

Testing
in early March, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) was the only facility capable of testing for COVID-19 in Ghana. Moreover, it had a very limited supply of test kits. Ghana therefore adopted the  Pool testing as a means for COVID-19 testing.

In October, the president stated that across Ghana, the government has expanded COVID-19 testing facilities from the initial two to 16, which include those of private sector providers. Additionally some hospitals across the country have been equipped with the capacity to test for COVID-19. The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research is one of the testing centers in the country for testing and confirming COVID-19 samples.

On 30 July, the GHS claimed it was expanding COVID-19 testings to hospitals across Ghana. The Government distributed 50,000 PCR testing kits and other kits to COVID-19 testing facilities across Ghana. laboratory equipment and supplies were delivered by the government, improving the testing capacity of the nation.

Technology and innovations
Government relaunched the GH COVID-19 tracker app after it was launched on April 13. The application, reports contacts which are, or have recently been to COVID-19 hit countries, as well as tracks whether individuals required to self-quarantine, are indeed doing so. The use of Veronica buckets have become very popular in Ghana following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as it is used for hand washing to stem the spread of the virus.

The SolaWash, an automated and mobile hand washing machine powered by solar panels was invented by Richard Kwarteng and his team in Kumasi to fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Technology was certified by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) in four days instead of the normal twenty-one days of certification. This was quickly commercialized to fight against Covid-19.

Ghana became the first country to use drone aircraft in the fight against the pandemic through the transport of Covid-19 test samples. From May 2020, Zipline in partnership with the Ministry of health, delivered 2,573 COVID-19 samples to the NMIMR and the KCCR. On 15 October, the MoH received a Covid-19 AI software for detecting the virus on Chest X-rays. On 19 October, a digital-based health system introduced a new form of testing COVID-19 for passengers and others in the country. Both travellers and the general public can be tested from the comfort of their homes or any place of their choice. On 12 August, the Ghana Health Service collaborated with Sambus geospatial to develop a location-intelligence platform for reporting and sharing information on COVID-19 in the country.

Reopening process
On 19 April 2020, It was announced by the President of Ghana in his address to the nation that the partial lockdown that had been imposed three weeks earlier was lifted but the other preventive protocols were still in effect. On 11 May 2020, the government of Ghana through the office of the Ghana Tourism Authority, gave hotels, bars and restaurants permission to reopen but to operate under enhanced social distancing procedures.

The Stage one of the process of easing restrictions took effect on 5th June 2020. According to the president in his 10th address on the pandemic, "an abridged format for religious services can commence. Twenty-five percent (25%) attendance, with a maximum number of one hundred (100) congregants, can worship at a time in church or at the mosque, with a mandatory one metre rule of social distancing between congregants." A register of names and contact details of all worshippers and hand washing facilities and sanitisers will be provided, with a maximum duration of one hour for each service. Private burials with a maximum attendance of 100 persons were allowed. Similarly weddings and other social gatherings could take place with no more than 100 people attending. Market places, work places, public transport, and constitutional and statutory bodies such as the Electoral Commission, the National Commission for Civic Education and the National Identification Authority, were also exempted from the restrictions.

On 20 August, a 10-member committee was inaugurated by the Minister of Education to advise and deliberate on re-opening of schools. By June, schools where partially reopened as only BECE and WASSCE candidates were permitted to remain in school under social distancing protocols. Eighteen thousand Veronica Buckets, 800,000 pieces of 200-millilitre sanitizers, 36,000 rolls of tissue paper, 36,000 gallons of liquid soap and 7,200 thermometer guns have also been distributed to schools, according to the President. The president Nana Akufo-Addo in his address to the nation announced that all nursery, kindergarten, primary, JHS 1, SHS 1 students have had the rest of their academic year postponed til January 2021.

On 1 September, the air boarders of the nation were reopened. On 31 August, the MoH claimed Ghana has put in place enough measures to detect possible COVID-19 cases at KIA. According to the Director of the GHS, children under the five years, air crew and passengers on transit would not undergo testing for COVID-19 at the Kotoka International Airport. Travelers that arrive Ghana by air were expected to pay US$150 for COVID-19 test as part of measures to control the spread of the virus in Ghana.

On 20 September The Ghanaian president lifted the ban on football as he announced the Ghana Premier League and Division One Football league shall resume in October, 2020. Seat capacity in stadiums were reduced with the Accra Sports Stadium for instance accommodating 9,500 supporters for the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League. However, beaches, cinemas nightclubs and pubs were still closed due to COVID-19. The Ghana Women's Premier League was set to begin in January 2021 after the government placed a ban on all football related activities in March 2020 due to COVID-19. Following the lifting of the ban on football Government with the GFA begun the COVID-19 testing of players and club members of Ghana Premier league clubs on October 22.