On live TV, the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo got the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccines on the first day of this exercise on Monday 1st March 2021.
The move was intended to enable Ghanaians to get vaccinated when the country’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign starts on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
The President indicated that it was vital that he shows that vaccines were safe for people to receive.
He said the vaccination was a defense against the disease, and that it was necessary that all in Ghana were vaccinated to help Ghana win the war against the COVID-19 disease.
The President warned that taking the vaccine would only heighten his personal security protocols for fighting the pandemic.
He claimed that the safety protocols has not been discarded and urged Ghanaians to continue to observe it until the virus is eradicated from the world.
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Before the shots were administered, the President’s information were collected and a unique vaccination number was provided to him, after which a barcode was created and placed on the national database of those vaccinated.
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Ghana received 600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines last Wednesday under the UN-arranged COVAX facility, which seeks to bring equity to the global distribution of vaccines.
The shots were made in India by world-famous pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. The vaccine is one of two that has so far been approved and declared safe for use by the Food and Drugs Authority.
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and his spouse, Samira are to also get shots today.
Key public officials, such as the Speaker and Members of Parliament, the Chief Justice and the Justices of the Superior Court of Judiciary, the Chairperson and members of the Council of State, the Chief of Staff and senior officials of the President’s Office, and prominent figures such as Eminent Clergy, the National Chief Imam, the Asantehene, the Ga Mantse, and some media practitioners will be present.
Persons who would be innoculated during the initial vaccination campaign include health workers, frontline security personnel, persons with underlying medical conditions, persons 60 years of age and older, and frontline members of the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary, security agencies and essential service providers.
The Government is making progress in securing more vaccines to facilitate the national vaccine target of 20 million Ghanaians by the end of the year.
SOURCE: ATLFMONLINE
