ACCRA, Aug 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — Second-year students in junior and senior high schools across Ghana will resume school on Oct 5, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced.
The partial school reopening for the selected students is to enable them to complete the 2019/20 academic year, the president said in his 16th broadcast to the nation on measures taken against COVID-19, adding that the decision had been made by the Ghana Education Service after consultation with relevant stakeholders.
All nursery, kindergarten, primary, and first-year junior high school pupils will continue to remain at home until January 2021, the president announced.
Schools in the West African country were closed on March 16 after Ghana recorded two confirmed cases four days earlier.
Akufo-Addo also announced that the country is going to resume international flights on Sept 1 after a nearly five-month suspension.
In the meantime, the West African country’s land and sea entry points would remain closed, the president said.
He said each traveler coming into the country would be required to produce a negative COVID-19 test result from a certified laboratory in their countries of origin.
“Each passenger arriving at the Kotoka International Airport will undergo a mandatory COVID-19 test at the airport terminal, at a fee to be borne by the passenger. The test result will be available within 30 minutes,” Akufo-Addo added.
He said the government would ensure that the gradual easing of restrictions, including the reopening of airports, does not lead to the importation or resurgence of the virus.
Ghana has recorded 44,205 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 276 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic in March. — NNN-XINHUA
