Ghanaians Smuggling Persons Infected with Covid-19 into the Country – Information Minister

Ghana’s Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed that in spite of the indefinite closure of the country’s borders, some Ghanaians continue to smuggle persons infected with the Coronavirus disease into the country.

“Our focus is limiting and containing the spread [of COVID-19] because we can’t say our real target is zero and we will have some occurrences so it’s your ability to early contain and limit the spread that you have look at as a measure of success. In this instance, you noticed that the early efforts limited the importation of cases into the country. Even with the closure of the borders, we have Ghanaians still smuggling in positive cases into our borders” the Information Minister said in an interview on Accra based Citi FM on Wednesday.

He however noted by that “by closing the borders, we have massively reduced the risk” of importing covid-19 cases.

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Ghana closed its land, sea and air borders in March 2020.

The decision formed part of efforts to stop the spread of Coronavirus in the country which has so far infected 636 people.

While 17 persons who tested positive have recovered, eight others have passed on.