The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted that the country’s border might be opened by September 1, 2020.
The country’s air, land, and sea borders were closed in March after that country recorded its first COVID-19 case. The decision explained by the President was to prevent the spread of the virus.
Ghanaians were looking forward to the President’s decision on closed borders prior to his address on Sunday night.
However, in his 15th address to Ghanaians last night on measures taken to prevent further spread of the virus, the President said that he was in talks with the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Ministry of Health and its agencies on a reopening date for the Kotoka International Airport.
“Under my instructions, the Ministry of Aviation, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and the Ghana Airports Co. Ltd., have been working, with the Ministry of Health and its agencies, to ascertain our readiness to reopen our airport. I want to ensure that we are in a position to test every single passenger that arrives in the country to avoid the spread of the virus. The outcome of that exercise will show us the way, and determine when we can reopen our border by air. I am hoping that, by God’s grace, we will be ready to do so by 1st September”, he said.
He added that “for Ghana residents stranded abroad, a special dispensation will continue to be given for their evacuation back to Ghana, where they will be subjected to the mandatory quarantine and safety protocols”.
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