The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has encouraged the government to re-ignite and enhance COVID-19 vaccination education.
His remark comes after the Ghana Health Service revealed that COVID-19 infections are on the rise once more.
Health officials are now dealing with approximately 300 active cases.
Dr. Titus Beyuo, General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, believes the people should be pushed to be vaccinated.
“There must be educational campaigns as the cases begin to rise to get people to volunteer to take the vaccines. At least, people have received the vaccines for well over a year and nothing has happened to them. That should give enough confidence to be vaccinated now”, he said on Eyewitness News.
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He stated that the majority of the cases had been reported in the Greater Accra Region.
“Some were recorded in schools, others were traced to parties and indoor events.”
He stated that health professionals are unsure if the virus will ever be eradicated, which is why “we are trying to integrate it into our healthcare and pushing for more vaccinations.”
“When more people get vaccinated, we can at least control the spread.”
He stated that less than 10% of Ghanaians had been vaccinated.
He is concerned that if the virus resurfaces, Ghanaians would be at risk.
GHS will thus step up its push to get more individuals vaccinated in the coming days.
The Ghana Health Service is concerned that efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 are being hampered by the refusal of the majority of Ghanaians to be vaccinated.
Dr. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, Director of Public Health of the Ghana Health Service, stated that “COVID-19 cases have risen over the last two weeks.”
He stated that there is evidence that the virus is still active and warned Ghanaians not to relax their vigilance.
“Our latest data shows about 300 cases. This show that the virus is not totally out of the system. We also have flu (H3N2) going around, so a number of people are coughing and sneezing. Most of the test results come out as either H3N2 or COVID-19.”
SOURCE: CITINEWS
