Coronavirus: Ghana's vaccine roll-out plan to be announced soon - Oppong Nkrumah

The President’s Representative at the Information Ministry, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says Ghana's roll-out plan for the COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be ready within a week.

He said the COVID-19 taskforce were given the deadline by President Akufo-Addo after a crunch meeting on Sunday, January 17, 2021.

“The President, following a task force meeting has instructed that this week, the sub-committee working on the vaccine has to complete its entire vaccine plane which includes who qualifies as priority, whether or not a private sector complement may be allowed, which of the vaccines should be screened and licensed to be utilized in the country and the expectation is that when they are done with the putting together of all of these things, they will be able to roll out a full vaccine plan within the country,” he said as quoted by Citinewsroom.

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Mr Nkrumah said the government has also brought on board several professionals knowledgeable in various relevant fields to help expedite the decision-making process.

Meanwhile it has been announced that Ghana has reported cases of the highly contagious coronavirus variant that emerged in the United Kingdom.

This development was confirmed by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo Dankwa during his 22nd COVID-19 update Sunday night