Following Ghana recording its first cases of coronavirus COVID-19, some Ghanaians have taken to social media to call for the closure of all borders.

On Thursday night, the Ghana Health Service in an emergency press conference announced that a Norwegian diplomat in Ghana and a Ghanaian from Turkey are the carriers of the coronavirus recorded in Ghana.

Sources say the Ghanaian came in from Turkey, having gone there for an assignment with an international agency while the Norwegian, appears to have returned to Ghana after helping organise President Akufo-Addo’s recent visit to the European country.

Despite the Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie assuring Ghanaians of drastic measures being taken to contain the virus, some Ghanaians are not satisfied and are calling for more stringent measures, especially the closure of all borders.

Below are some tweets;

It might interest you to know that people infected with this Coronavirus can be sent to spread the disease to African countries because these ill-thinking whites were concerned about the disease not reaching us...#CloseBordersNow

— Nungua Lil Dicky (@AshleyPhlakes) March 13, 2020

Families of those in power are outside the country and wish to come to Ghana , that's why the Authorities in Ghana doesn't want to close the border ..#CloseBordersNow

— Jackson Sarkcess (@Julius_915) March 13, 2020

We are in Ghana here Road Accident is killing us and we ve this Covid19 joining us too..
Am going bvck to the village oooh Twufu Praso Coronavirus can't reach there..
Since ya not ready to #CloseBordersNow @Dainjunior@KlintonKarter@Breggle@Ankamagyimi@gyaigyimii

— Nana Ama (@KwesiLamar1) March 13, 2020

So I decided to pass through Okaishie drug lane in Accra b4 Goin to work to get a hand sanitizer and am still in shoq.. Ei it's running out of stock oo and it's xpensiv too wow. but I managed to get this. Grab urs if you haven't na ay3 huuuuhuhu#CloseBordersNow pic.twitter.com/EOOFfUEyBF

— MizLacey (@SisterAbena_nie) March 13, 2020

Do you know Russia closed its borders since January and haven't record a single case???

Nka by now some Italians carry go there dadaada.#CloseBordersNow

— NANA QUOPHI (@NanaAntwi_) March 13, 2020

ITALY : Lockdown
CHINA : Lockdown
DENMARK : Lockdown
NORWAY : Lockdown
IRELAND : Close all schools and cancel mass gatherings
USA : Close all schools and ban European flights
GHANA : Wash your hands#CloseBordersNow

— AKB (@AngelBannor3) March 13, 2020

Stop the #CloseBordersNow tweets. It's useless. We need to tell them to take precautionary measures before they do so? Better take these personal safety measures serious and stop spending valuable time on liars.

— Le Roy (@LeroyOnline_) March 13, 2020

The Corona update in Ghana;
One is a Ghanaian working outside Ghana & the other a foreigner#CoronaOutbreak
With the #CloseBordersNow it's not a bad idea to prevent the virus from spreading. But my problem is the over 100 illegal borders we've in Ghana

— #YesuDontForgetMe (@brasilvaGH) March 13, 2020

Those arguing for our economy, We can close our borders to people not good and services, which is just enough to prevent new coronavirus entry. #CloseBordersNow #COVIDー19 #CoronaOutbreak

— Dr. Ayigbe Borla Bird 塞拉姆 (@Mr_Ceyram) March 13, 2020

We have been saying they should close the borders and prevent foreigners for like one month but our leaders said NO
Ebe wickedness our leaders be or dem no Dey reason?
#CloseBordersNow

— Beno SarkCess (@BenopaOnyx1) March 13, 2020

#CloseBordersNow let’s start thinking for ones ... white people cant save us. Only we can save ourselves. Ghana #BeyondAid Starts now @NAkufoAddo pic.twitter.com/UoOqDvukCP

— bucks Kwesi☆ (@bondzii) March 13, 2020

A Step In The Right Direction.@stonebwoyb #CoronaOutbreak #CloseBordersNow pic.twitter.com/KcbaAOwn0Q

— Kekeli Amekpese (@KekeliAmekpese) March 13, 2020

We will create awareness but for the mean time @NAkufoAddo please close down the borders and stop flights#closebordersnow https://t.co/fe8Svjt5dl

— her majesty (@life_of_mbama) March 13, 2020

Imagine you being killed by an overseas virus when you don't even have a passport.

It hurt@Ama_Mimi55#CloseBordersNow

— REGERA (REIGN) (@regera70) March 13, 2020