With the imposition of stringent testing measures at Kotoka International Airport in Ghana, the Country has so far, been able to detect one hundred and seventy-two (172) positive cases amongst some fifty-four thousand (54,000) arriving international passengers from September to 6th November.
The airport authorities will continue to demand that passengers arriving in the country should have a seventy-two (72)-hour old negative PCR test, and we will continue to sanction airlines that flout this directive, according to President Akufo-Addo in his 19th COVID update to the Nation.
He said the health authorities will intensify the follow-up process of arriving passengers, even when they have tested negative to help ensure we have ruled out any possible infection that may have occurred during the period of embarkation and disembarkation.
In the area of testing, Nana Akufo-Addo said he has tasked the Ministry of Health, through the Ghana Health Service, to liaise with all laboratories and testing facilities across the country to ensure that reporting procedures are ironed out and adhered to.
“In as much as our hospitalization rates are very low, care for the sick and the provision of treatment remain an important aspect of our strategy. To this end, the one hundred-bed Ghana Infectious Diseases Centre, located at the Ga East Hospital, will be opened in the next few days, under the management of the Ghana Health Service. The provision of adequate medicines, equipment, and personal protective equipment to enable health workers to attend to home-based patients has also been guaranteed.”
He said “As you know, Government, in trying to mitigate against the effects of the pandemic, put in place several measures to cushion ordinary Ghanaians and businesses.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
