Ghana Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions

Ghana on Monday announced the re-opening of land and sea borders and the lifting of most of the COVID-19 restrictions.

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said this in his 28th nationwide COVID-19 address, he said the decision was made after reviewing the raft of measures put in place to help win the fight against the virus, against the background of rapidly declining infections, and the relative success of the vaccination campaign by the Ghana Health Service.

He said, “From Monday, the wearing of face masks is no longer mandatory. I encourage all of you to continue to maintain enhanced hand hygiene practices and avoid overcrowded gatherings.