Kuoro Richard Babini Kanton IV, the Paramount Chief of the Tumu Traditional Area in the Sissala East Municipality, has held a meeting with chiefs of all the tribes in Tumu over the Coronavirus (COVID-19) menace in the country.

The meeting centered on the fact that the Upper West Region has recorded a case with contact tracing initiated by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).

It was also on how the chiefs and the GHS could best support in the fight against the novel disease from infecting residents in the Sissala community.

Kuoro Kanton IV who is also a member of the Council of State, urged the chiefs to ensure that all visitors coming to their communities were well interrogated before they were allowed to settle down.

"Anytime there is a new visitor in town either a Moshi, a Kasena, or even a Zabarima person, a Fulani, or a Dagaba descendant, such a person should first have to visit either one of you before thinking of settling down in Tumu," he said.

"Whether we like it or not, the disease is with us, it is already in Wa and Tamale, so we must do what is possible to ensure it does not enter our territories,” he stressed.

Kuoro Kanton IV advised the tribe chiefs to provide accommodation for new entrants into the community for up to 14 days to ensure the visitors were free from the disease before integration.

The Tumu Kuoro noted that the washing of hands with soap would go a long way to stop the spread of the disease.

“I will also encourage all of you, to provide veronica buckets, soap and liquid at your various homes, for visitors and people around to frequently wash their hands,” he said.