{"id":737896,"date":"2022-01-06T17:05:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/covid-19-methodist-church-approves-2-hours-for-church-services\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T17:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:05:27","slug":"covid-19-methodist-church-approves-2-hours-for-church-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/covid-19-methodist-church-approves-2-hours-for-church-services\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Methodist Church approves 2 hours for church services"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Methodist Church Ghana has announced that starting from January 2022, services in the various societies should not exceed a maximum duration of two hours.<\/p>\n

In a letter issued by the Administrative Bishop on January 5, the Rt. Rev. Michael Bossman advised that owing to the surge in the rate of Omicron infections; the Church has considered the two-hour policy as a way of stemming the tide.<\/p>\n

\u201cI write to inform you that the Presiding Bishop has directed All Churches throughout the Methodist Connexion in Ghana to strictly observe the two-hour duration for all Church Services from January 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is due to the rapid rise in the infection rate of the omicron variant of Covid-19 throughout the country\u201d, the letter said.<\/p>\n

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According to the hierarchy of the Church, there\u2019s the need to safeguard the lives of all members from the threat of the Omicron variant, thus the directive. <\/p>\n

The Church also urged members to observe the relevant Covid-19 safety protocols while taking the prescribed Covid-19 jabs as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cBishops are to monitor and ensure that the above directive is strictly adhered to in addition to the observance of all the other Covid-19 protocols of wearing masks, hand-washing regularly, and observing the social distances.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that the Covid-19 directives from the Ghana Health Service will be revisited and observed to protect the lives of our members in the face of this Omicron threat to lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe plead with all who have not as yet gone for the Covid-19 vaccination to do so as soon as possible to boost their immunity status. Furthermore, announcements should be made to this effect to encourage all members to vaccinate\u201d, the statement concluded.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Ghana Health Service reports 13,576 activeCOVID-19 cases, with 867 newly recorded cases. The country\u2019s total case count is 148,079, with 133,190 recoveries and 1,313 casualties.<\/p>\n

The Greater Accra Regions remains the hotspot of infections, followed by the Ashanti, Western and Eastern Regions<\/p>\n

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