Ghana’s Borders Closed For Two more Weeks
Ghana's government has however lifted the partial lockdown on some parts of the country.
Jonas Danquah 
The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of the country’s borders for two additional weeks.
The President announced this during his seventh address to the nation on Sunday, April 19, 2020.
Akufo-Addo explained that, the extension of the border closure order is necessary to avoid importation of COVID-19 cases into the country.
“As has been established, the overwhelming majority of confirmed cases have come from travellers or from people who have come into contact with travellers. It is, therefore, incumbent on us to continue to be vigilant about travellers into our country until further notice…I have, thus, signed an Executive Instrument, to extend the closure of our borders for two (2) more weeks, beginning Monday, 20th April,” the President added.
Despite the extension of the border closure, President Nana Akufo-Addo has however lifted the partial lockdown on some parts of the country.
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The president said the ease of restrictions was “in view of our ability to undertake aggressive contact tracing of infected persons” among others.
The ban on social gatherings of more than 25 persons is also still in place.
However, Ghana’s Coronavirus cases have increased 1,042.
