The government has announced plans to renew the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012), which expired on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.
The legislation allows for restrictions to be imposed if it is reasonably required in the interest of defense, public safety, public health or the running of essential services.
Addressing a news conference in Accra, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said the Act allowed the government to impose COVID-19 restrictions on movements of people, especially in the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi.
He said the COVID-19 technical taskforce was reviewing the legislation to ensure compliance with safety protocols.
Meanwhile, Mr Oppong Nkrumah urged the security agencies to enforce the ban on beaches, nightclubs and pubs as well as adherence to the COVID-19 safety protocols.
He entreated Ghanaians not to patronise beaches and nightclubs during the Yuletide because they were high-risk areas for the spread of Coronavirus disease.
Currently, Ghana has recorded 54,043 positive COVID-19 cases, with 52,777 recoveries/ discharged, representing 97.7 percent recovery rate, according to Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General of the Ghana Health Service.
There are 933 active cases and 333 deaths with 0.62 percent fatality rate far below the global rate of 2.25 percent.
Ghana has so far tested 646,697 cases, representing a 20,000 per million population and 8.4 percent positivity rate.
Dr. Kumah-Aboagye, said people with hypertension, diabetes and asthma were more prone to infection and at high risk of succumbing to the disease.
Persons between 20 and 49 years are the most infected.