The government of Ghana on March 21, 2020, closed its borders to control and prevent the importation of the COVID-19 pandemic into the country.

With the border closure in force, Ghanaians who had travelled out of the country were not able to return.

The President is his 10th address to the nation has announced that, all Ghanaian citizens who were not able to return to the country before the border closure will be evacuated back to Ghana.

The president said, ” Ghanaians stuck outside our borders will be evacuated back to the country.”

Citizens who will be evacuated back on their arrival to Ghana will be put under mandatory quarantine and go through all other precautionary processes.

But the closure of Ghanaian borders is still in effect.