Hon. Henry Quartey, the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso Central, has called on the Interior and Foreign Affairs Ministries to join forces to disallow flights from Ebola-affected countries to Ghana.
Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s "Kokrokoo", the “Gentle Giant”, as the NPP MP is affectionately called, charged the Ministries with the oversight responsibility to ban flights from countries such as Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia from entering the country.
According to him, this approach should form part of measures of ensuring that the disease does not gain roots in the country.
Though Ghana has not yet recorded any case of the Ebola virus, education on the disease has intensified massively.
Earlier this week, government outlined measures it plans to take to prevent an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Ghana, including screening people that arrive in the country, especially from countries that have recorded cases, after a high-level inter-ministerial Action Group Meeting at the Flagstaff House.
It also announced the setting up of Ebola treatment centres in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale to cater for the infected, in the event that the disease somehow finds its way into the country.
EVD is transmitted by direct contact with the blood, body fluids and tissues of infected animals, especially fruitbats or people, and severely ill patients require intensive supportive care.
Hon. Quartey, though assuring the neighbouring countries his comments have no tinge of discrimination attached to it; said he would not want authorities in Ghana take any chances and so called for pragmatic steps to at Kotoka International Airport to prevent the spread of the disease.
“This is not discrimination. But we should have by this time dealt with planes going to and coming from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia; either we won’t even any plane flying to those countries. It’s not to say we hate them. No, that’s not the case…we’re only safeguarding our country and citizens," the “Gentle Giant” said.
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