Covid-19: Ghana’s Borders to Remain Shut Indefinitely – Prez Akufo-Addo

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the country’s borders will remain shut until further notice due to the pandemic.

The president noted that, the borders will continually remain closed until the covid-19 pandemic situation is fully under control.

“We now see that the decision to close down our borders has been justified…Clearly, until we have the situation fully under control, we cannot, at this time, open our borders. They will have to remain shut until further notice,” he said when he addressed Ghanaians on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Ghana’s air, sea and land borders were closed on Sunday, March 22, 2020 following an order by President Akufo-Addo as part of efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

It was subsequently extended by two weeks on April 4, 2020.

COVID-19 cases in Ghana at the time the borders were first closed were 24 but the figure has ballooned to 378 in less than a month.

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President Akufo-Addo justified the extension saying it had become necessary to curb the further importation of COVID-19 into Ghana.

President Akufo-Addo also extended the lockdown imposed on some parts of the country by one more week.

The extension takes effect from Monday, April 13, 2020.