The Government of Ghana has reassured citizens of its diligence in working to keep the Novelle Coronavirus out of the country.
Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, who spoke on the sidelines of a conference in Accra, said all measures earlier mapped out by the Health Ministry to Parliament are strictly being followed especially at the borders.
“The government is taking steps and several arrangements such as ‘Operation Conquered Fist’ which combines military, police, immigration and other intelligence agencies which will keep our borders safe,” he disclosed.
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Citing the case of Ebola, Mr Dery was confident Ghana would religiously fight the virus and keep it out if the citizens are law abiding and resort to due process.
He called on Ghanaians and other nationals coming from China to abide by new migration checks and protocols put in place against the deadly virus.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu says the government has allocated an amount of 2.5 million Ghana cedis as start up funds to mobilise support to prevent the spread of Coronavirus into the country.
He says 10,000 private protection equipment would be imported and insurance cover would be bought for frontline health practitioners.
