President Akufo-Addo will today address the nation on the rollout of the 600,000 COVID-19 vaccines which arrived in the country last week.
The President will also update Ghanaians on government’s efforts at combating the virus.
The address which will be delivered at 8pm will be the President 24th address since the outbreak of the pandemic in Ghana.
The President expected to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“President Akufo-Addo will be the first to be vaccinated,” Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Presidential advisor on health, disclosed.
According to Dr Nsiah-Asare, the move to have the President take the first jab of the vaccines “is to assure Ghanaians that the vaccines are safe and any other reactions like headache, dizziness, or pains are all usual with every vaccination,” he said.
With Ghana recording more than 80,000 cases and almost 600 deaths on account of the virus, the Presidemtial Advisor on health noted that it would be in the interest of the country, for Ghanaians to avail themselves to be vaccinated when that opportunity came.
“We encourage everyone to avail him or herself of the opportunity to be vaccinated. It is safe and we want other Ghanaians abroad to also put out their videos to encourage others in Ghana”.
Ghana received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through a UN-backed global vaccine-sharing scheme as part of efforts to enable equitable access to the jabs by low and middle income countries.
The vaccines arrived via the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) which Ghana has signed onto alongside 91 other countries.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM