Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo, has extended the closure of Ghana’s borders further till June 2020.
This measure the president says is a way to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
All borders including sea, air & land are closed for additional one more month effective from May 4.
Goods & essential services are excluded.
Him is address yesterday 1st May 2020, to workers during the May Day celebration
The president said;
“With the suspension of all public gatherings still in force and our schools still closed, government has taken the decision to extend further the closure of borders for a month effective 1 am of 4th May until Sunday, the 31st of May, 2020.”
“We know that the overwhelming majority of positive cases came from travellers or contacts of travellers, so we have no option than to keep our borders closed until we are confident that we have put in place measures to prevent travellers from importing the virus,”
“All that the government is doing is intended to achieve five key objectives:
limit and stop the importation of the virus, contain its spread,
provide adequate care for the sick, limit the impact of the virus on social and economic life,
and inspire the expansion of our domestic capabilities and deepen our self-reliance.”
“These restrictions cannot and will not be a permanent feature of our lives but they are for now essential for our survival,”
