The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the government will make an announcement on travel restrictions on countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) today.
He said the government will state its position on the matter at 12 pm after a meeting by the inter-ministerial committee on the COVID Response yesterday.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah in an interview on Accra-based Peace FM further disclosed that the meeting of the committee was chaired by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
He said the Committee was concluding some matters before coming out with a position, adding that consular services have already been suspended in a lot of the countries which have recorded confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, some Ghanaians on micro-blog Twitter have urging the government to close the national borders after two cases were confirmed on Thursday in the country.
The hashtag #CloseBordersNow was among the top trends on Friday morning.
Read some of the tweets below;
