“The GHS is reviewing safety procedures for overseas travelers ahead of Christmas and but mandatory vaccination is an affront to the 1992 Constitution,” According to Sammy Gyamfi,
Vaccination must be voluntary rather than mandatory.
Sammy Gyamfi has criticized the Ghana Health Service for its new orders requiring all travelers entering the country and those leaving the country to submit immunization cards. The lawyer, speaking in his own capacity, branded the decision as abhorrent, emphasizing that such decisions should not be forced.
“Vaccination must be voluntary rather than mandatory. The Ghana Health Service’s imposition of a mandatory COVID vaccination mandate on all Ghanaians traveling in and out of the country is immoral and an insult to the 1992 Constitution.
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He further explained that, should this continue, he and others like him will do all it takes to resist this “madness.” “And some of us are determined to fight this madness through every available legal means no matter the cost or stigma,” he said in a Facebook post.
The Ghana Health Service, on Friday, December 10, 2021, issued a statement announcing a review of its safety protocols for international travellers coming into the country. This, according to a statement from the Service, is coming ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities, seeing that a lot of travellers are expected to be in the country.
The statement said the Kotoka International Airport has already seen a surge in the number of cases of the novel Coronavirus it is reporting. “There has been a decline in the number of Covid-19 cases in Ghana over the past two months until the global picture of COVID-19 changed since early November 2021. Globally several countries are experiencing their fourth wave.
“A number of travellers from these countries come to Ghana and this is expected to increase during the festive season. This current surge in COVID-19 cases is being reflected at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
In November 2020, 168 cases were detected compared to 241 cases in November 2021, an increase of over 40%. We have since been recording an average of 20 positive cases a day at KIA,” the statement said.
