Since the Covid-19 outbreak, people in Ghana have come to accept that their lives have been turned upside down.

They have learned to cope with things that nobody has ever dreamt about – like hugging or shaking hands.

Social distancing, self-isolation and quarantine have all become terms of everyday use.

Schools have been closed, and parents are discovering just how much food that growing children eat.

With things that are often talked about now almost passé, the one thing at the top o the list is the virtue of deaths – and the process after.

Although the death-count for Covid-19 cases in the country is a comparatively low number of 16, the ban on public gatherings means that private burials are still allowed, but with no more than 25 people present.

So, funeral services in the country has gone ‘hi-tech’ with proceedings now being streamed online. Which means dress-restrictions are not paramount?

But, it has still court reaction, with one Ghanaian journalist, Elisabeth Ohene, saying: “I joined a funeral online recently dressed in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.

“Nobody attends funerals dressed like that”.

Away from funerals, at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic is the parliamentary election, which is due to take place on December 7.

With Ghanaian elections usually keenly contested, with campaigns often load, chaotic and crowd-centric, delegations leading up to then will need mass overhauls and meticulous preparations.