In an effort to avert a fourth wave of COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service, GHS, has amended current safety standards for holiday season gatherings.
GHS encourages event organizers to include health experts in the event’s planning phases.
Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General of the GHS, emphasized that this is to guarantee rigorous adherence to safety regulations.
“The capacity for indoor events must not go beyond 25% of the existing capacity of that facility to ensure social distancing. We all know the indoor area is where the spread is highest.”
“We have also made our teams ready that all those organising events should invite the team to come and assist them in the setting to make sure it is safe, and all other COVID-19 protocols should be observed.”
Dr. Kuma-Aboagye outlined the categories of persons who must undergo a mandatory vaccination.
“All security personnel should be vaccinated and all staff, students in secondary and tertiary should also be vaccinated. All government workers are affected and all commercial drivers and their mates are also affected.”
Meanwhile, the GHS has said that it would develop new tactics to engage Ghanaians in an effort to eliminate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Dr. Kuma-Aboagye said that the Ghana Health Service would intensify efforts to increase vaccination rates among citizens.
He stated that the GHS would continue to engage Ghanaians to ensure the vaccinations are administered smoothly.
“There is some form of reluctance in the taking of the vaccines, and I will say it is not only in the Volta Region, it’s also across the regions. So it is about the strategy and the engagement of the people because the more we continue to engage, the more the people take the vaccines.”
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SOURCE: CITINEWS
