Coronavirus: Ghana bans travellers from countries with many cases

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The Ghanaian government on Sunday issued a restriction order not to allow travellers from places with over 200 confirmed cases of Covid-19 into Ghana.

The advisory strongly discouraged all travels to Ghana as the country will be enforcing strict measures to keep the coronavirus out of its borders.

Ghana has reported six cases of the disease including four reported on Sunday, with no death recorded so far. Mr Nkrumah said, “all travellers, except for Ghanaian citizens and persons with Ghanaian residents permits, who within the last 14 days, has been to a country that has recorded at least 200 cases of Covid-19, will not be admitted into the Ghanaian jurisdiction.”However, in cases where some people are allowed into the country, the government said there will be a mandatory 14 days self-quarantine for such persons.

Ghana’s restrictions will affect travellers from about 30 countries, mostly in Europe, Asia and the U.S. will be keeping about 30 countries mostly those in Europe, U.S.For now, no African country might be affected by the restrictions as none has recorded about 200 cases.Also, as of Sunday 17:50 GMT, about 167,543 confirmed cases have been reported in 156 countries with 6,455 deaths.

 

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See country abeg not like

African countries need to take it easy...thoughtful, measured approach is all that's needed; they don't have to be overly aggressive

One day they will ban everyone from eating

Can Nigeria also implement this

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