The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has declared December as a vaccination month.
Dr Patrick Kumah-Aboagye, Director-General of the GHS, said during a news conference in Accra on Sunday, November 28 that vaccination is the most effective strategy to combat the virus.
He also said that the authorities would boost monitoring at Kotoka International Airport over the Christmas season to ensure that Covid infections do not increase.
He also said that the errors committed in December of last year, which resulted in an increase in infections in January of this year, would not be repeated.
There is going to be a “strict enforcement of the protocols at the KIA. We are going to increase surveillance. We are expecting an increased number of people to arrive in the country.
“We are going to ensure that our logistics are prepared, we will continue our surveillance to be able to look at that, we are going to look at isolation centers,” he said.
He added “Our contact tracing will be strengthened.
“We are going to engage with religious organizations to ensure that activities done in Christmas are in accordance with Covid protocols.”
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SOURCE: 3NEWS
