The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reviewed COVID-19 protocols at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) ahead of the Christmas holidays.
The GHS concerns come on the back of increasing cases of COVID-19 around the world in recent months.
In a press conference, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Patrick Kuma Aboagye indicated that individuals arriving at KIA will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination on arrival in Ghana
“People in other countries who normally travel to this country are also experiencing numerical surges.
The risks we face with Christmas are on. Gatherings, our practices, the fact that we are going to have a lot of people come to the country, yes, of course, there is also the potential for a new variant just like we had toward last Christmas when we had the “Omicron variant”.
So, we also have to look at that as a risk factor so we need to be alert,” the GHS cautioned during a press conference.
Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye also urged Ghanaians to help sustain the improvement the country has made so far in the fight against COVID.
“We need to make sure that we sustain the gains made so far so that we don’t go back to where we were many months ago. I talked about some countries; we selected those countries because we tend to get the signal number of visitors from those places, especially during Christmas.
“You can see that in the last 28 days, Japan has recorded about 3.2 million cases, the US 1.57 cases, France 1.49 cases, China almost a million, Italy 0.85 cases and Germany. So, like I said these are places where we also get a signal number of visitors so that poses a risk for us,” Dr. Kuma Aboagye added.
The Ghana Health Service boss has however assured the Ghanaians of their preparedness to contain any upsurge.
