Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said funerals will last not more than two hours and attendance will be restricted to family members only.
All funerals and weddings shall be held in open spaces.
Ghanaians have elaborate and expensive funerals that involve days, weeks or even months of mourning.
Wearing of masks has been made mandatory in events and while outside on public spaces.
The president expressed concern that the country was approaching the third Covid wave.
The country has surpassed 100,000 coronavirus infections
