[ 2021-03-01 ]

Nsiah Asare rejects delayed vaccination education concerns
The Government has rejected claims that public
sensitisation on the COVID-19 vaccines have
delayed.

The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Anthony
Nsiah-Asare says a sensitisation team has been
launched and will be dispatched this week along
with the vaccination exercise.

In a Citi News interview, Dr. Nsiah-Asare
maintained that the timing of the sensitisation is
still appropriate.

“It is better late than never. There are some
things if you start too early, people will tend to
forget so even if you start it now, whilst it is
the minds of people, it is better than not doing
anything at all.”

He expects the media, clergy and other religious
leaders to support sensitisation efforts.

“We want church leaders, we want muslim leaders,
we want civil society to join this education and
tell the people,” Dr. Nsiah-Asare said.

“That is the reason why the President is the
first person to be vaccinated followed by the Vice
President and then all the other leaders to show
Ghanaians that the vaccines are safe.”

President Akufo-Addo and his Vice President
Bawumia be the first persons to benefit from the
600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine Ghana
procured with the help of COVAX.

They will take the jab in public alongside their
spouses.

On further sensitisation, a manual containing
additional information on the coronavirus
vaccination in Ghana is being developed by the
Information Ministry to intensify public education
in the coming days, according to the former deputy
Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye.

To dispel scepticism about the vaccines, the
government has said there will be sustained public
sensitisation campaigns by the Local Government
Service, Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service,
National Commission for Civic Education and
Information Services Department to educate the
public on the vaccination rollout.

Source - Citinewsroom

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