Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye
The Government of Ghana has organized a public engagement on its plan to roll out the Coronavirus vaccination Programme.
Delivering his welcome remarks at the public engagement held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra on Friday, February 19, 2021, Minister-designate for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, observed how government was working with various stakeholders to see how all Ghanaians can buy into the vaccination Programme.
He stated that the vaccine was for prevention of infections and was therefore necessary for everyone to embrace it.
He stated that Ghana have success stories as far as using vaccines to prevent diseases such as polio, saying vaccine shouldn’t be a new thing for us.
The Minister of Health-designate said there was the need to “fight the battle” of Coronavirus “together.”
He recounted how Ghana was doing well in bringing its Coronavirus but has fallen again.
He said “we are in a place where non of us thought we will be when it comes to Covid19.”
According to the information minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Government was working on a vaccination rollout program.
Update
Giving an update of the Coronavirus situation in Ghana, Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, said Ghana was recording averagely 500 to 750 cases per day.
He stated that cases at KIA have continued to declined significantly.
14 regions have reported sporadic Covid19 outbreaks in schools, he stated.
Represented at the public engagement were the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, Coalition of NGOs in Health, Food and Drugs Authority, Ghana Pharmaceutical Society.
Ghana is expected to receive its first batch of vaccines in March 2021 and the remaining batches latest by June, this year.
By Melvin Tarlue