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There has been a revision of the COVID-19 guidelines for passengers entering Ghana through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).<\/p>\n The revision of the guidelines by the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) took effect on Thursday, 1 September 2022.<\/p>\n According to the new guidelines by the GACL \u201call international passengers including those from the ECOWAS region, intending to fly to Ghana, will be required to be fully vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n Also, \u201call International passengers including those from the ECOWAS region must complete a Port Health Declaration Form at https:\/\/www.ghs-hdf.org\/hdf\/ before embarkation of flight to Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n Ghanaians and foreign residents \u201c8 years and above arriving in Ghana will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination for a Covid-19\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFully vaccinated will be exempted from pre-departure Covid-19 PCR testing from point of embarkation.\u201d<\/p>\n While the \u201cfully vaccinated will be exempted from Covid-19 testing upon arrival at the KIA\u201d, the partially vaccinated or unvaccinated will be required to present a NEGATIVE 48hrs PCR test result to the airline before embarkation and upon arrival\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cPartially vaccinated or unvaccinated will undergo Covid-19 testing at the KIA upon arrival and partially vaccinated or unvaccinated will undergo Covid-19 vaccination at KIA upon arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n Non-Ghanaians at \u201cthe point of embarkation must provide evidence of full vaccination status to the Airline prior to embarkation\u201d, Airlines that board non-Ghanaians without evidence of full vaccination will be considered to have violated the Covid-19 guidelines for Ghana and shall be fined $3,500.00.<\/p>\n It continued that passengers \u201ctravelling to Kotoka International Airport with fake or forged vaccination certificates shall be quarantined and returned to the point of embarkation at their own cost.\u201d<\/p>\n However, \u201call arriving passengers will undergo temperature screening, Yellow Fever Card verification and Covid-19 vaccination certificate verification as required.\u201d<\/p>\n