The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service said the country's borders will remain closed until at least the end of the year. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye posited than an elimination strategy was the best way to prevent the spread of the virus.
The GHS he disclosed would continue to work closely with the Ghana Immigration Service and other security agencies to ensure that COVID-19 cases are not imported through the land border. Protocols for air international traveller remain unchanged, he added.
Dr Kuma-Aboagye said they will continue with the 72hour PCR Test and antigen test at the Kotoka International Airport.
He stressed that strict border controls are among the measure that have kept infection rates low in Ghana.