The Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr DaCosta Aboagye has encouraged the public not to fret over safety issues concerning vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
He rubbished claims that the vaccine has its side implications that might lead to death.
“Government will not purchase the vaccines to kill Ghanaians, no! it is for our safety against the deadly virus,” he told host, Mac Jerry Osei Agyemang on NEAT FM’s morning show, Ghana Montie.
Dr DaCosta Aboagye, however, urged the Ghanaians who qualify for the vaccine to receive the safe doses for protection.
On Wednesday, Ghana became the first country to receive 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines made by the Serum Institute of India, through the WHO’s COVAX initiative.
Ghana’s active cases stand at 6,404 with 588 deaths.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/peacefmonline.com
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Reports published today from Germany have it that the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel has refused to take the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine which I believe may the type now available for the Ghanaian populace because according to her the vaccine is only effective for those under the age of 65 and since she is 66, she will not take it. In the first place, the government should cross-check whether it is the same vaccine that is available in Ghana now. According to reports because of that most Germans above the age of 66 have refused to take the vaccine since those in that age bracket who takes the vaccine only have 8% protection, which is way below the protection regime. Because of that, as much as 1.4 million doses of the vaccine are still locked up unused in Germany. Reports from Ghana, however, say the vaccine will be administered from March 2, 2021, to Ghanaians who are over the age of 65, as well as medical professionals, servicemen, MPs, etc. I would like the government to again cross-check this piece of news to ascertain the efficacy and if it proves to be true, then what will be the necessity for those above 65 years of age in Ghana to take the vaccine.