Prez Akufo-Addo Extends Border Closure by 1 Month

The president says the move is to avoid risk of importation of COVID-19 into the country.

Prez Akufo-Addo Extends Border Closure by 1 Month

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of the country’s borders by one month.

The extension takes effect Monday, May 4, 2020, at 1 am.

The president explained that, the border closure order is to ensure that there is no risk of importation of COVID-19 into the country.

Akufo-Addo stressed that, these restrictions will not be a permanent feature of Ghanaian lives but are for now "essential for our survival.”

“With the suspension of all public gatherings still in force and our schools still closed, government has taken the decision to extend further the closure of borders for a month effective 1 am of 4th May until Sunday, the 31st of May, 2020. We know that the overwhelming majority of positive cases came from travelers or contacts of travelers so we have no option than to keep our borders closed until we are confident that we have put in place measures to prevent travelers from importing the virus”, he announced on the country’s Virtual May Day Celebrations on Friday May 1, 2020.

 “These restrictions cannot and will not be a permanent feature of our lives but they are for now essential for our survival,” Akufo-Addo added.

 

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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.

The border closure, however, does not affect apply to goods, supplies, and cargo.