General News of Friday, 13 March 2020

Source: kasapafmonline.com

Coronavirus: Ghana to make announcement on travel restrictions today

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

Ghanaian authorities will announce travel restrictions on countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) today.

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the announcement will come up at 12 pm.

There was a meeting by the inter-ministerial committee on the COVID Response, chaired by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday.

But Mr Oppong Nkrumah told Accra-based Peace Fm that the Committee was concluding some matters before coming out with a position.

Meanwhile, consular services have already been suspended in a lot of the countries which have recorded confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the Minister noted.