The third phase of markets and bus terminals disinfection exercise is currently underway in the Bono region where over 100 markets are expect to be disinfected.
The exercise which is a collaboration between waste management giant Zomlion Gahna Limited and the various municipal assemblies, is a measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Addressing the media at Sunyani the capital of the Ahafo Region where the exercise started, Mrs Justina Awoe Obamtampa Owusu Banahene, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Sunyani Municipal Assembly said the exercise is a aimed at “combating the virus.”
According to her, “we need to protect ourselves against the Covid-19 pandemic and one sure way is to clean our environment.”
On the basis of this she said, her outfit and the Zoomlion Ghana Limited have collaborated to “kill all germs at public places.”
The MCE said the disinfection exercise “will protect us and we have made announcement for the past one week fo all our markets to be closed down for the exercise.”
Mrs Owusu Banahene therefore urged all Ghanaians and the people of Sunyani to observe the Covid-19 protocols since the virus is spreading again in the area.
Apart from the markets, social centres, Sunyani Coronation Park and all platforms where small groups of people meet were all disinfected.
Over 300 markets to benefit
For her part, the General Manager of Zoomlion Ghana Limited for all three regions, Ahafo, Bono and Bono East, Mrs Esther Abayeta Asadoo, said over 300 markets and public places have been earmarked for the exercise.
According to her, this is the third phase of the markets disinfection exercise aimed at curtailing the apread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
She said since there is no vaccine for the pandemic, “we are trying to use every progressive ways” to fight its spread.
Mrs Asadoo said over 400 Zoomlion staff have been dispatched to carry out the exercise in the three regions.
