Ghana has prolonged the momentary journey restrictions on non-Ghanaians arriving from South Korea to February 3, 2022 as a measure to curb the unfold of the Coronavirus illness (COVID-19).
This was contained in a press release issued by the Ministry of International Affairs and Regional Integration (MFARI) in Accra on Tuesday.
“To this finish, the MFARI needs to state that most of the people ought to be aware of the above and cling to it accordingly,” it stated.
In keeping with the John Hopkins College information on COVID-19 which pegged the worldwide statistics at about 313million and 5.5 million as of yesterday, South Korea has a complete case rely of 674,868 with 6,166 deaths.
It’s recalled that Ghana on December 20, final yr, positioned a journey ban on travellers coming into the nation from Israel, Malta and South Korea because of the improve in COVID-19 instances the world over.
The restriction on Israel and South Korea was for 14 days which elapsed a couple of week in the past whereas that of Malta was indefinite.
Within the case of Malta, the ban impacts travellers going to the nation from Ghana whereas Ghana wouldn’t recognise vaccination certificates from that nation.
The journey ban was issued barely every week after the Ghana Airports Firm Restricted introduced new COVID-19 pointers on the airport after seven instances of the Omicron variant had been established throughout the Ghanaian inhabitants.
The rules included the surcharge of $3,500 per passenger if any airline introduced any unvaccinated individuals into the nation.
As of final Friday, Ghana had recorded 650 new COVID-19 with energetic instances now 11,403 bringing the nation’s complete confirmed instances to 152,243, based on the Ghana Well being Service.
The nation is presently embarking on a compulsory vaccination drive and implementing no-vaccination no-entry coverage at public establishments.
