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Covid: Carry Unvaccinated Passenger Pay $3500 Fine Per Person – Ghana Warns Airlines
Ghana has disclosed that airlines will pay a fine of $3500 for each passenger who arrives the country without being fully vaccinated against COVID. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the Republic of Ghana The Ghana Health Service on December 9 had reviewed its COVID-19 protocol for international travellers owing to the rise in cases […]
Ghana has disclosed that airlines will pay a fine of $3500 for each passenger who arrives the country without being fully vaccinated against COVID.
The Ghana Health Service on December 9 had reviewed its COVID-19 protocol for international travellers owing to the rise in cases of the Omicron variant detected in the country.
It said all travellers must show evidence of full COVID-19 vaccination — or be vaccinated at airport.
However, according to an updated guideline for Kotoka International Airport, airlines that bring in unvaccinated passengers to Ghana will pay a fine.
Airlines also will be penalised the same amount for passengers who did not fill out a health declaration form before entering Ghana.
The guideline will be effective from December 14.
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“Airlines that bring passengers to Kotoka International Airport who are not fully vaccinated shall be surcharged $3,500 per passenger,” the guideline reads.
All passengers are required to present evidence of having filled Ghana’s health declaration form (HDF) at http://www.ghs.hdf.org at the point of embarkation.
“Airlines that bring passengers to Kokota International Airport who had not filled the HDF shall be surcharged $3,500 per passengers.”
According to the statement, “airlines who board passengers without PCR tests or transport and disembark passengers with positive PCR test results into Accra will be fined $3,500 per passenger”.
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