The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration announced on Saturday that it had ended the evacuation of Ghanaians stranded abroad due to COVID-19 restrictions. The ministry said in a statement that the end of the training followed the opening of Kotoka International Airport to advertising flights. Since Tuesday, September 1, he said that evacuation training, which began on May 23 after the border closures in an effort to involve the spread of COVID-19, brought back more than 9,000 Ghanaians and permit holders. of apartments from countries around the world. . The countries are South Africa, Gambia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, China, Benin, Burkina Faso and Togo, the others are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, India, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Kenya, Kuwait, Mali, Oman, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Sierra Leone Array The government has assisted and raised the travel and quarantine prices of several afflicted Ghanaians to deal with their cases. , especially those arriving from China, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and all evacuations carried out in the West African region, adding academics who arrived during the period. In doing so, the ministry won monetary aid from well-meaning Ghanaians and spoke about Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, MP from Assin Central, who made a private donation of $ 200,000 and raised another $ 228,650 from his friends and affiliates in favor of the evacuation of Ghanaians. from Lebanon. He also spoke of the Sethi brothers, who donated 200,000 GHC to cover quarantine prices for passengers arriving from the UK. They pleaded with the public to continue to practice security protocols to involve the virus and to strictly adhere to global travel regulations and regulations before traveling and to check in with Ghanaian missions abroad to ensure their protection there. He thanked the Office of the President and the National COVID-19 Task Force comprised of the Ministries of Finance, National Security, Health and Aviation, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Ghana Airport Company Limited and Ghana Health Service for the list of compliments. It also includes the Ghana Immigration, Police and Fire Services, the National Bureau of Investigation, the National Disaster Management Organization, the Ghana Armed Forces, the National Ambulance Service, the Customs Division of the Ghana Tax Authority, the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (Ayalolo), the International Organization for Migration and Ghana’s missions abroad. expressed his gratitude to all airlines and hotels that assisted in the evacuation routine.
Source: Graphic. com. gh
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