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Cargo disinfection exercises at all entrances and exits of the country's seaports will begin in late February to prevent and protect Ghana from the risks and threats of unsafe infections from abroad.
Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Minister of Health, announced this Friday after inspecting the disinfection tunnels installed at the seven entrances and exists at Tema Port for the cargo disinfection exercise.
He said the exercise was in line with the International Health Regulations issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), of which Ghana was a signatory.
The minister added that if Ghana did not implement the disinfection obligation, the time would have come when shipments from the country would be allowed to enter other ports of the world.
Mr. Agyeman-Manu noted that the project had received parliamentary approval and that stakeholders were still committed to ensuring that its implementation proceeded smoothly.
He called for an active collaboration between Port Health and LCB Worldwide, the company in charge of installing disinfection tunnels and their operations to improve efficiency.
The Minister of Health has also urged them to take regular samples in tunnels to ensure that good disinfectants are used for fumigating cargo, trucks and other vehicles entering and exiting ports.
A service charge that includes a Value Added Tax (VAT) of $ 7 to $ 20 should be paid by cars, other vehicles and cargo trucks when the project begins.
Mr. Kareem Abu, LCB Worldwide's Public Relations and Local Partners Manager, said the disinfection tunnels were built with steel and aluminum frame panels equipped with the latest technology to spray disinfectants sprayed from of nozzles installed when the radial detection system integrated vehicle presence of a vehicle at the entrance or exit.
Mr Abu said the $ 15 million tunnels were more modern and therefore had a wider scope than those used in some ports in other parts of the world.
Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Dr. Raphael John Marfo, Director of Port Health, expressed their satisfaction with the facilities, saying that even though they periodically fumigated the ports , exercise would offer total protection. against any form of infections.
Stakeholders, including the Union of Traders of Ghana (GUTA) and the Association of Food and Beverage Industries, expressed their satisfaction with the level of commitment to implementation and agreed to the approved charges.
As part of this project, the LCB would organize bi-monthly mandatory disinfection services in the country's national merchant markets, as well as high schools, to prevent the spread of disease and ensure the safety of consumers and the general public. public.
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