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Commercial sex work banned in Northern Region over outbreak of COVID-19

The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed is appealing to residents of Tamale to stop patronizing the services of commercial sex workers in the area.

He said the activities of the sex workers could be impeding the fight against Coronavirus in the Northern Region and Ghana.

The Minister, while addressing the press in the regional capital, Tamale on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 said some of the sex workers hide under the cover of darkness and at obscure locations to carry out their trade.

While indicating that some of 10 COVID-19 patients confirmed in the Northern Region were sex workers, he said their activities posed a danger to the fight against the virus in the country.

Source: Fiilafmonline/CitiNews

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