Covid-19: Ghana to vaccinate 17m people by June

By Nneka Nwogwugwu

President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that at least 17.6 million people will be vaccinated against Covid-19 pandemic by the end of June.
Akufo-Addo announced this in a televised speech on Sunday.
“I indicated our intention to procure our first consignment of the Covid-19 vaccines within the first half of this year,’’ Akufo-Addo said, stressing that
“Much work has been done toward the realisation of this.’’
He added that the Food and Drugs Authority would use its established processes for granting emergency-use-authorisation for each vaccine in Ghana.
“The earliest vaccine will be in the country by March,’’ he said.
“We aim to vaccinate the entire population, with an initial target of 20 million people,’’ Akufo-Addo said.
“I assure you that only vaccines evaluated and declared as safe-for-use in Ghana will be administered.’’