The Ghana Police Service has suspended training of recruits and has asked them to go home to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

“Recruits training activities have been suspended. Recruits other than the final/passing out squad have been released to go home until further directives,” the Police said in a statement.

The Police is also cautioning the public to limit their visits to police stations and cells while they also put in place measures to disinfect the cells.

The statement further said, "Fresh suspects would be screened before they are placed in police custody”.

Ghana has recorded seven cases of COVID-19 forcing the government to place a ban on all social gatherings.

Gatherings of more than 25 persons have been discouraged while travel restrictions have been placed on citizens coming from countries that have recorded more than 200 COVID-19 cases.

Source: classfmonline.com