President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said travellers from other countries into Ghana who have been fully vaccinated will not need to take a PCR test at the Kotoka International Airports, beginning Monday (28 March).
The COVID-19 testing infrastructure at the Kotoka International Airport by Frontier Healthcare Services Ltd was established to help identify and reduce the spread of the COVID-19.
Speaking to the nation on Sunday 27 March 2022, Akufo-Addo said individuals who have not been fully vaccinated “would, however, need to provide a negative PCR test result of not more than 48-hours.”
“From tomorrow, Monday, 28th March, fully vaccinated travellers into Ghana will not take PCR tests from the country of embarkation to allow them entry into the country through the KIA, and will not be tested on arrival.”
He added that “citizens and foreign residents in Ghana, who are not fully vaccinated, would, however, need to provide a negative PCR test result of not more than 48-hours, will undergo an antigen test upon arrival at KIA, and will be offered vaccination there.”
Efficacy of testing at KIA
“It is worth noting that the establishment of the COVID-19 testing infrastructure at the Kotoka International Airport by Frontier Healthcare Services Ltd, at its own cost, has been key to our ability to limit successfully the importation of the virus into Ghana through the airport.
“…The efficacy of the testing regime at KIA has won global admiration and has been applauded by all those who have undergone its testing. It has been one of the reasons why Ghana was not at the receiving end of several of the travel bans imposed by the West at the height of the pandemic, for which many African countries were affected,” he said.
Nicholas Brown
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