President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the Vaccines Deployment Plan Ghana submitted to the World Health Organization (WHO) for approval was well received.
Addressing the nation on the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana on Sunday February 28, Mr Akufo-Addo said “We are the first country in the world be recipient of vaccines from the COVAX facility. I want to express my appreciation to members of the COVID-19 taskforce which I chair and to officials of the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service for this commendable feat.
“The vaccine deployment plan we submitted to the WHO was well received . We are grateful also, naturally to the managers of the COVAX facility.”
He assured that the vaccines is safe for Ghanaians.
Mr Akufo-Addo told the nation that he and his wife the First Lady, as well as the Vice President and his wife the Second Lady, will publicly take the vaccines as a way of motivating Ghanaians to get vaccinated.
By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana
