Pax into Ghana to pay more than US$150 for Covid-19 test
Travellers flying into Ghana through Kotoka International Airport will have to pay US$150 for a Covid-19 test as from yesterday.
In a series of tweets, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said the mandatory testing of all passengers arriving in the country formed part of the directives outlined by the ministries of aviation and health to prevent the importation of Covid-19 into the country.
Speaking during a media briefing held at the airport in Accra, the managing director of Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Yaw Kwakwa, said aviation was the driving force of the economy and they had to make sure to open it. "People who drive taxis and operate restaurants will continue to suffer if we don't open some avenues which boost the economy, but we agreed that we have to be responsible in our actions and make it easy for people to come to Ghana."
