The Government of Ghana has announced the closure of its borders in a bid to contain the spread of the Coronavirus in the country.

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah announced on Sunday there has been four more confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Ghana, making it a total of six cases in the country since the first two were announced last week.

All the four new cases, as well as the initial two cases, were imported by travellers who had arrived in the country from abroad.

And as part of government's precautionary measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus in the country, the government has issued a six-point travel advisory steps, which includes the closure of the country's borders to countries which have registered more than 200 cases of the Coronavirus, as well as a strong advice discouraging all travels to Ghana.

The six-point travel advisory steps by the government are as follows:

1. All travel to Ghana is strongly discouraged until further notice.

2. Any traveller except for Ghanaian citizens and persons with Ghana residence permit who, within the last 14 days has been to a county that has recorded at least 200 cases of COVID-19 will not be admitted into the Ghanaian jurisdiction. Airlines are instructed not to allow such persons to embark. Border posts are instructed not to allow such persons into the jurisdiction," said the government's statement.