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Dean of the School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana, Professor Kofi Agyekum, popularly known as Opanyin Agyekum has called on government to begin public education on the COVID-19 vaccines.

Ghana will receive her first batch of vaccines starting on Monday, March 1, 2021.

Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah disclosed this during Conference and Donor Presentation for the Sustainable Development of Yendi Municipal Hospital on Sunday.

According to Ghana’s Program Manager for the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), Kwame Amponsa-Akyianu, 20 million persons have been estimated to receive the vaccines from the first week of March.

“Our vision as a country is to vaccinate the entire population. We are expecting a total of 350,000 COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in the country by Feb. 22 to pave way for the vaccination in the first week of March. The exercise will continue till October this year,” he stated.

As government prepares for the vaccines, Opanyin Agyekum is calling for an enhanced education of Ghanaians to dispel all controversies and rumors surrounding the vaccines.

''Government must enhance education on the COVID-19 vaccine because people have started peddling rumors...We plead with the churches, Islam, the information service as well as the media must assist in the education'', he said.