Following the suspension of Operation COVID Safety, a joint military and police operation to enforce the lockdown directives, about 8,000  police officers have been directed to self-quarantine.

The move according to the police hierarchy is part of measures to check the spread of Coronavirus.

The Director of Public Affairs, Ghana Police Service, Supt. Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman in a Citi News interview said the directive is to ensure the safety of its personnel.

“The prime object of the Police is for the Police officers to be well before we can carry out our duties. So for Accra, Kumasi, Tema, and Kumasi, we are looking at not less than 8,000 officers to self-quarantine,” she said.

“The Police Hospital has begun taking their samples but the samples are not tested by them but they have a strategy to take their samples. The Police Hospital has its headquarters in Accra but it still has a lot of regional clinics all across the country,” she added.

Source: ABCNewsgh.com