Due to an increase in Covid-19 cases in China and other countries, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has declared that it is assessing Covid-19 preventative measures.
Despite a constant drop in Covid-19 cases in Ghana over the last three months, the GHS believes that a shift in the worldwide scenario, notably in China, poses a substantial risk of viral importation and a new wave of COVID-19 infection in the nation.
GHS in a statement signed by the Director-General, Dr Patrick Kumah-Aboagye, stated the “situation calls for tightening and reviewing of existing measures to avert further outbreaks. Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health are critically monitoring the situation in consultation with key stakeholders. We will shortly come out with our country-specific measures to address the current threat of COVID-19, especially with respect to importation.
The GHS also asked Ghanaians who have not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine to do so.
The statement added that “those who have taken their first dose are to go for the second dose and those who have taken their second dose are also entreated to go for the booster. Vaccination remains the best protection against COVID-19 infection.”
GUTA requests advice from GHS ahead of lifting of travel ban to China
Meanwhile, the Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) has asked the Ghana Health Service to assess the COVID-19 situation in China and alert Ghanaians before travel restrictions to that country are lifted.
On January 8, 2023, China will relax its travel ban. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, China imposed travel restrictions.
In a statement, GUTA stated that COVID-19 is still common in China and urged GHS to “examine and evaluate the situation and advise Ghanaian travellers.”
“From the information we gathered, China will on the 8th of January 2023 remove all restrictions on travel to the country”.
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“As we all know, China is a major destination of import for many Ghanaian traders, and as a result of the long wait, most Ghanaian businesses will want to resume their business trips to this productive and beautiful country,” the statement signed by GUTA President, Dr. Joseph Obeng said.
SOURCE: CITINEWS
