ADAMS OFF TO AFRICA

Ghana amid O’cron

Mayor-elect Eric Adams was scheduled to leave late Monday for a long-planned trip to the West African country of Ghana despite concerns over the new Omicron coronavirus variant in the continent’s southern region, his spokesman told The Post.

“I made a promise to myself that I would visit Ghana following the 400-year anniversary of slavery in America and the election, to show how far we have come and remember how far we still must go,” said Adams (inset), who will be the city’s second black mayor. The 400th anniversary of the first arrival of enslaved Africans in America passed in 2019. At the time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a delegation to Ghana to mark the event and the West African country encouraged the descendants of slaves to travel to there for a “Year of Return.” “This election to me was, among other things, about resetting a negative narrative so that we can have a more just and united future,” Adams told The Post exclusively.

“I will continue to be in contact with the transition team on our progress toward Jan. 1, and with the mayor on pressing matters including Omicron while I’m in Ghana.”

He and family are expected to return on Dec. 8 from the trip.

Advisers had told The Post on Sunday that he was reconsidering the jaunt because of the Omicron variant, which was first detected in southern Africa last week and has since spread to other countries around the world.

But Adams, who is fully vaccinated and recently received a booster shot, decided to keep to his plans. Ghana and South Africa, where the variant was first reported, are about 4,000 miles apart.

“Right now, travel is banned only to south African countries out of an abundance of caution,” Adams said.

City Health Commissioner David Chokshi said Adams — or any other New Yorker — should feel free to travel abroad as long as they are fully vaccinated.