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Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye
July 20, 2022
Ghanaians have been urged to avail themselves for the COVID-19 vaccination which is still ongoing in the country. The parliamentary Select Committee on Health at a press briefing bemoaned the low turnout in the vaccination exercise against the COVID-19 virus, and encouraged people who are yet to be vaccinated to do so. The Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye said though the country has opportunity to vaccinate over 22 million people, only 18 million has been vaccinated so far.
He blamed peoples refusal on superstition and some several other reasons.
The said in view of this, the health committee is touring the vaious regions begining tomorrow to campaign for the citizens to get vaccinated. The Ranking Member of the Committee, the Ranking Member, Mr. Minta Akandoh said the virus has come to stay and it is important to take appropriate measures to avoid any new wave so that we can properly return to our normal lives.
He said data available to the committee indicates that the vaccination rate in some regions of the country including Oti, Volta, Eastern, Western North, and Ashanti Regions is very low, particularly in the rural districts where health infrastructure is very weak, posing danger to the citizens living in those areas.
According him in the event of any new wave in those places, the effect would be devastating, adding that “whether we like it or not we would witness another wave of COVID-19” like it is happening in other countries. He debunked the conspiracy theories surrounding the vaccines stating that all parliamentarians have submitted themselves to the vaccination exercise including many other Ghanaians and they are doing well, as such people should not fall for such deceits from people.
He called on the Ministry of Health to begin to do more by making the vaccines available at the districts to enable people access it, and not wait for any emergency before responding to it.
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