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Despite measures put in place by the government to ensure that cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are no longer imported into the country, the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) continues to receive positive cases from travellers arriving in the country and the number keeps rising.
Between April 21 and 24, some 120 positive cases were recorded from arrivals, a situation that has been described as “unprecedented” by the management of Frontier Health Services. On April 24, a total of 75 positive cases were recorded, exceeding the previous rate of 45 cases recorded on April 21 on arrival at the airport, the Managing Director of the company, Dr Kudzo Seneadza, said in a letter addressed to the Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) and copied to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
Former Member of Parliament(MP) for Ayensuano constituency, Samuel Ayeh Paye has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to ban all flights from countries where COVID-19 is prevalent from entering Ghana to prevent a spike in the country s cases.
Ghana s COVID-19 cases have increased again.
A data published by the Ghana Health Service on Monday, April 26, 2021, indicates that the nation has recorded 1469 with daily new case count standing at 129.
Seven hundred and seventy-seven (777) people have sadly passed away.
It is believed that the sudden increase is due to the travelers entering Ghana.
The Frontiers Healthcare Service (FHS) in a letter addressed to the Managing Director of Ghana Airport Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa and copied to the GHS indicated that on
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Ho Airpot. Inset: Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah and Volta Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa on the tarmac of the Ho Airport
HO AIRPORT is scheduled to begin receiving commercial flights in April this year, Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has confirmed.
The Minister, who disclosed this recently at a familiarisation tour of the facility, said that Africa World Airlines (AWA), a private airline, would begin flying the Ho-Accra route by mid-April this year.
The airport, constructed by Amandi Holdings Limited, is endowed with 1,900 metres of runway, a control tower, 1,150 seating-capacity for waiting passengers, an ultramodern airbus terminal, an automatic fire-detection system, gadgets for communications, weather analysis and runway fixtures.
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