Update on COVID-19: Address to the Nation(Summary)
Coronavirus is still plaguing the world. Ghana hasn’t been spared the blushes of the virus with many cases reported since the first outbreak in March last year. Currently, Ghana has an active case of 5,480.
This is some improvement seeing that the country was getting to 8,000 active cases few weeks ago. New cases as at February 24 was 626 and the death toll at 599. In total Ghana has recorded about 83,212 cases.
The President Akufo-Addo tonight addressed the nation on the 24th update on measures taken against the spread Coronavirus. Below are some of the excepts of the address tonight.
Vaccines were promised to arrive in March but due to hard work the vaccines have come in earlier than expected. The AstraZeneca vaccines is tried and tested.
Twenty million Ghanaians will be vaccinated by the end of the year; persons most at risk, frontline workers and persons with health conditions. Group 2 will consist of security personnel, farmers, telecommunications services, Meteorological services, media, transport services, army etc. Group 3 consists of all persons above 18 years, except pregnant women. Group 4 include pregnant women and others above 18 of by then vaccines are available for them.
From March 2nd to 15th vaccinations will start in 43 districts across the hotspots.
The President assured the Ghanaian populace that the vaccine is not dangerous. He noted that the FDA have certified the use of the virus.
The President and his wife and the vice president and wife will tomorrow take the first shots of the vaccine. This will be followed by council of state members, prominent personnel, Asantehene, Ga Mantse, Speaker of Parliament will take the vaccine on Tuesday.
A committee has been set up to create and manufacture vaccines locally.
The president also called on continuous abidance to the safety protocols. He noted that the vaccines should cause people to put their guards down.
Currently Ghana’s active cases stand at 5,444 and 77, 972 recoveries. Death toll stands at 607.
207 schools have reported cases since reopening. 282 cases from schools have been reported.
