Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has said Ghana is currently not experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases.

Speaking on Newsfile, with host, Samson Lardy Anyenini, he pointed out that the country is recording low activity of the coronavirus disease.

"We don't have a surge in the country now. I have to correct that. What we are having is very low activity of the disease in the country. We are not recording so many people, an average of about 32 positive cases a day.

"About 60 per cent of these positive cases, those are the cases we recorded at the Airport. We add the arriving passengers' report to whatever cases that we have in the country," he stated.

According to Dr Nsiah-Asare, Omicron - the new variant is being recorded at the Kotoka International Airport.

This he insisted is of concern. He, therefore, explained that initiatives have been put in place by the Ghana Health Service and Ministry of Health to limit the importation of the virus ahead of the Yuletide season.

For him, these measures will ensure the country does not record another wave following the Christmas period as noticed early this year.

"We have been here before. Last year around this time, we were having seemingly low figures and everybody thought everything is gone. This year round, we have gone through waves - one in the early part of the year (January, February and March) and a second wave in August, September to October.

"We have learnt lessons from whatever happened last year," he emphasised.

His comments come after the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) announced that Ghana has detected some 34 cases of the Omicron variant at the airport. Majority of the cases were from unvaccinated persons.

To ensure the new variant does not find its way into the local communities, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has made some modifications to its protocols regarding foreign travel through the Kotoka International Airport.

In a press statement, GHS disclosed that all persons 18 years and above arriving in Ghana from December 12 must provide proof of full vaccination.

However, all unvaccinated Ghanaians and residents who are currently outside the country and intend to return within 14 days from the midnight of 12th December, 2021 are exempted.

Dr Nsiah-Asare holds the view that Ghana can limit the importation of the new found variant due to the rigid and unique interventions put in place at the airport.

"We are one of the few countries that have put a lot of measures in place. Our measures are very unique. Anybody coming into this country has to have a 72hour negative PCR test. So if you have that 72hour negative PCR test and it is positive, you will not be allowed to board the flight.

All passengers who arrive in the country are subjected to antigen test at the airport. Those found positive are then isolated for seven days."