The COVID-19 regulations for travelers entering Ghana through the Kotoka International Airport have been updated (KIA).On Thursday, September 1, 2022, the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) revised the rules and they became effective.All international travelers, including those from the ECOWAS region, who plan to fly to Ghana, will be required to be completely immunized, under the new GACL rules.

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Also, “all International passengers including those from the ECOWAS region must complete a Port Health Declaration Form at

before embarkation of flight to Ghana.”Ghanaians and foreign residents “8 years and above arriving in Ghana will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination for a Covid-19…”“Fully vaccinated will be exempted from pre-departure Covid-19 PCR testing from

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point of embarkation.”While the “fully vaccinated will be exempted from Covid-19 testing upon arrival at the KIA", the partially vaccinated or unvaccinated will be required to present a NEGATIVE 48hrs PCR test result to the airline before embarkation and upon arrival".

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“Partially vaccinated or unvaccinated will undergo Covid-19 testing at the KIA upon arrival and partially vaccinated or unvaccinated will undergo Covid-19 vaccination at KIA upon arrival.

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”Non-Ghanaians at “the point of embarkation must provide evidence of full vaccination status to the Airline prior to embarkation”, Airlines that board non-Ghanaians without evidence of full vaccination will be considered to have violated the Covid-19 guidelines for Ghana and shall be fined $3,500.00.

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It continued that passengers “travelling to Kotoka International Airport with fake or forged vaccination certificates shall be quarantined and returned to the point of embarkation at their own cost.”However, “all arriving passengers will undergo temperature screening, Yellow Fever Card verification and Covid-19 vaccination certificate verification as required.”

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