General News of Friday, 21 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comCoronavirus: Ghana developing special kit to test passengers arriving at airportsFile photo of a section of the Kotoka International AirportGhana is preparing to deploy a special Coronavirus testing kit to test international passengers arriving at the Kotoka International Airport and other ports of entry. Currently, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research is testing the potency of the kit, dubbed Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Detection Kit, ahead of reopening of Ghana’s international air traffic later this month. According to the Aviation-focused web portal, arriving passengers will have to take a PCR test at the upper arrival section of Terminal 3. The passenger is also to bear the cost of the COVID-19 test, estimated at between GH¢250-GH¢500. “Subsequently, a specially designed technology will be deployed to track and monitor them while the new PCR test results are released within 24 hours,” the report said.

Source: GhanaWeb August 21, 2020 16:52 UTC