Dr Okoe Boye, Deputy Minister of health
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has said that some 200 passengers on three separate flights successfully undertook the COVID-19 tests upon arrival on Tuesday.
The test was conducted at the Upper Arrival section of Kotoka International Airport (KIA), according to the company, via a post on Facebook
The GACL said senior officials of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Aviation and Ghana Health Service were present at the airport to witness the process.
Meanwhile, passengers entering Ghana are required to pay an amount of $150 for COVID-19 tests to be conducted.
Passengers will then proceed to the sampling cubicle for their samples to be taken before descending to the main arrival hall.
A Deputy Health Minister, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, at a press briefing on Monday, had justified the cost of the testing, describing it as a “good bargain”.
He added that arriving passengers who test negative will proceed to the immigration area and onto baggage claim for their luggage, and then exit the terminal while persons who test positive will receive further clinical assessment and treatment.
Source: dailystatesman.com.gh/Isabella Agyakwa
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