Measures are being put in place to ensure that the National Identification Authority (NIA) re-commences its registration exercise successfully, without endangering the lives of the people.
As a result, officials of the authority have undergone an orientation on COVID-19 preventive protocols to prepare them adequately for the upcoming mass registration exercise in the Eastern Region and a nationwide mop-up programme.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, the Head of National Risk Communication and Social Mobilisation of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Dacosta Aboagye, said the day’s orientation course was organised by his outfit.
Participants were drawn from the Operations, Technology and Biometrics and Corporate Affairs departments of the NIA.
He explained that it formed part of an ongoing national exercise to institutionalise COVID-19 preventive protocols to help people live with the disease in safety in “the new normal”.
According to him, the institutionalization of the preventive measures would enable institutions, businesses and individuals to carry out their normal activities in safety to minimise the risk of infections.
Focus
Dr Aboagye said the orientation programme focused on six key areas, including respiratory etiquette, such as the mandatory wearing of masks; the mandatory checking of temperature of all people, the mandatory washing of hands with soap under running water, adherence to physical distancing of between one and two metres, the use of hand sanitisers and the cleaning and sanitising of equipment and the disinfection of fingerprint and iris scanners.
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