Ghana has shut every one of its outskirts to human traffic to forestall the spread of COVID-19. The conclusion, nonetheless, won't have any significant bearing to products, supplies and freight, President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a broadcast address on Saturday.
The nation additionally affirmed its first passing from the ailment.
"Every one of our outskirts, that is, via land, ocean and air, will be shut to human traffic for the following two weeks starting 12 PM on Sunday," he said.
All voyagers showing up in the nation before 12 PM on Sunday will be required to experience obligatory isolate and COVID-19 testing.
"Anyone who comes into the nation before on Sunday will be obligatorily isolated and tried for the infection," he included.
Ghana's Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, had prior revealed that voyagers from high-chance nations with in excess of 200 instances of the Covid-19 would not be permitted into the nation. The main exemptions were Ghanaian residents and people with Ghana home licenses.
Affirmed cases
Ghana's file instance of the coronavirus was reported on March 12.
Twenty-one cases have been affirmed as at 21:15 GMT on March 21. One passing, of a 61-year-old Lebanese, who had tried positive in Kumasi, the Ashanti territorial capital, was declared by the president in his location.
"Lamentably one individual who tried positive for the infection, however had genuine basic wellbeing confusions, died in the early long stretches of today," the president said.
He said all others are reacting to treatment with eight being overseen from their homes in confinement.
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