Airports reopening: Six COVID-19 cases recorded at KIA

Six persons have tested positive for the COVID-19 disease at the Kotoka International airport since its reopening.

This was disclosed by the Deputy Health Minister, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye in an interview with Joynews.

The deputy Minister disclosed that the first case was recorded on Friday, with two others on Saturday and the other three on Sunday.

As part of the stringent measures announced for the safe reopening of the airports, President Akufo-Addo said the returnees will be required to provide PCR test result produced within not more than 72 hours before traveling to Ghana.

They also will have to mandatorily take COVID-19 tests at the cost of $150. 

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According Dr. Oko-Boye, these individuals, who tested positive for the virulent disease had reported with a negative PCR test from their countries of origin.

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He said the cases were detected because of the $150 Covid-19 mandatory COVID-19 tests

“All our troubles in Ghana started with just about four or five cases. So, really those who are talking about $150, if we had gone for a compromised technology and those with negative PCR tests had slipped in, all we need is one gentleman who is positive with a viral load, that is huge, visit us in this country and we are back to a lockdown.”

His comment was in defense of measures put in place by the government ahead of the reopening of the country’s airport to traffic.

According to him, the new air travel measures were comparatively better and less expensive than the previous arrangement, where travellers were bussed to hotels for two weeks, bearing full costs.