The Ghanaian Government has advised intending travellers to the West African country to suspend their trip until further notice.

The country’s Minister of Information, Kojo Nkrumah, in a statement on Sunday, March 15th, 2020 said that any traveller, except Ghanaian citizens and persons who have permanent residence in Ghana, who within the last fourteen (14) days had visited a country that had recorded at least 200 cases of coronavirus disease, will not be allowed to enter the Ghanaian jurisdiction.

He said this takes effect from Tuesday, March 17th, 2020.

The minister stated,

There will be a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for persons who are otherwise allowed to enter the Ghanaian jurisdiction. Guidelines for self-quarantine will be available at the various Ghanaian ports of entry.

Enforcement protocols are being deployed in collaboration with state security and health authorities. Persons determined to be unable to satisfactorily self-quarantine will be quarantined by the state.

Nkrumah further said that any traveller who showed symptoms of COVID-19 would be quarantined and tested upon arrival.

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