The Ghana Health Service has revealed that the overwhelming majority of cases of COVID-19 that is seventy-five percent (75%), of the positive cases recorded at Kotoka have come from passengers who are not vaccinated.
However, Beginning from Tuesday, 14th December, Government has decided that all visitors coming to Ghana have to be fully vaccinated.
Furthermore, all persons seeking to travel outside the country must also be fully vaccinated.
This was announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo in his address to the Nation on COVID-19.
“We are expecting, in this month of Christmas, a large number of visitors, overseas Ghanaians, and foreigners, into the country. With the Immigration Service doing a yeoman’s job by intercepting many foreign nationals trying to enter the country through unapproved routes, Government’s concern has been to limit the importation of the virus through the Kotoka International Airport, Nana Akufo-Addo said.”
“As things stand, international passengers arriving at Kotoka constitute the highest source of infections in the country, leading us to take drastic measures recently to prevent the importation of the virus from increasing the numbers of infections in the country.”
The president said fully vaccinated passengers coming to Ghana must, in addition, be in possession of a negative PCR test of not more than seventy-two (72) hours, and also take a mandatory COVID test upon arrival at the airport. Children aged five (5) to twelve (12) will not pay for the test.
He added any passenger, testing positive at the airport, will be kept in isolation, at a designated isolation facility, and a non-Ghanaian will receive treatment at his or her own cost.
According to the president, Communications have been duly sent to all airlines flying into Ghana of the imposition of a three thousand, five hundred dollars (US$3,500) fine for each unvaccinated passenger that is allowed to board a flight into the country.
“Unvaccinated Ghanaians and residents in Ghana, who departed the country before 14th December, and who returns by 28th December, will be offered vaccination on arrival at the airport. Further details will be provided by the Ghana Health Service.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
