Mandatory PCR tests for vaccinated passengers will be scrapped at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) following the 3-day cabinet retreat.
President Akufo-Addo at the meeting approved the move as a mitigation measure for the economic hardship in the country.
A government document details a number of restrictions government intends to ease including reopening of land borders and corresponding measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.
The points of entry currently allow only fully vaccinated passengers into the country but they have to undergo a 72-hour PCR and Antigen test on arrival at the KIA.
Citizens and foreign residents in Ghana who are unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated currently are given waivers by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to allow them entry into the county through the KIA.
However, such passengers must undergo a 72-hour PCR Test and Antigen test on arrival and are offered vaccination.
The document proposes that “Fully vaccinated travellers would not need PCR and Antigen Tests from the country of embarkation to allow them entry into the country through the KIA.
