Tobi Adebayo
The Ghana Health Service has announced that it would begin the vaccination of travellers on arrival at the airport.
Director-General of the service, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye made the announcement in a statement on Thursday, December 9.
Kuma-Aboagye said that all travellers arriving in the country will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination.
The statement read: “In November 2020, 168 cases were detected compared to 241 cases in November 2021, an increase of over 40%. We have since been recording an average of 20 positive cases a day at KIA.
“For these positive cases, there is a significant difference in the percentage of COVID-19 infection based on vaccination status recorded at KIA. Available data from KIA, show that a COVID-19 positive person is three times more likely to be unvaccinated.
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“The new variant, Omicron which is said to be more transmissible has been detected at our airport. Of the 34 cases detected, 75% of them were unvaccinated. Over the last two weeks, cases from airports account for about 60% of the total cases recorded in the country.
“To avert this, the following directives are to be implemented effective midnight 12th December 2021:
“For travellers to Ghana: all persons 18 years and above arriving in Ghana will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination for a COVID-19 vaccine
“All unvaccinated Ghanaians and residents of Ghana who are currently outside the country and intend to return within 14 days from the midnight of 12th December 2021 are exempted. However, they would be vaccinated on arrival at the airport.
“Traveling Out of Ghana: All Ghanaians travelling out of the country are to be fully vaccinated effective midnight 12th December 2021.”
