Antigen test at KIA lowers spread of Covid-19 -Minister

The government has urged stakeholders to cooperate and support testing at the Kotoka International Airport, which is a public private partnership deal between the Airport Company and Health Frontiers.

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in an interview, said the antigen tests currently underway at the KIA for passengers arriving into the country were helping to save lives against the spread of the Coronavirus.

The Minister also announced that the government had no plans of suspending the tests at the airport, changing the company, or suspending the contract.

He said the company facilitating the tests, Health Frontiers, was providing a critical service which protects the 30 million Ghanaians from the importation of cases.

Reacting to claims by the Minority questioning the operations of the company tasked to perform that duty, Mr Nkrumah said: “We are very satisfied with their tests which have helped prevent 50 cases from getting into the general population as of the end of September 2020. It will be irresponsible of us to tinker with the successes being achieved so far.”

The Information Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase Ayirebi, rubbished claims by the Minority questioning the credibility of the company providing the service at the airport.

“Their services were well procured; their standards meet global requirements, and we have no qualms with them. If, indeed, the Minority wants answers to questions, they know the appropriate place to file those questions as parliament resumes.”

He said it was sad that the NDC had at every turn sought to play politics with the management of the Covid-19. “Their scare tactics; calls to parents to withdraw wards from schools and attacks on government have all failed. This is the latest page in their book of cooked up controversies,” he stated.

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