The Ghana Health Service will from Wednesday, December 14, begin vaccination of citizens who are yet to be vaccinated against Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest vaccination drive which is expected to last for 5 days is to prevent a possible surge in cases of Covid-19 before, during and after the Christmas festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the theme, Protect Yourself, Protect Your Family, Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19, this edition is expected to vaccinate over 1.4 million people between 14th and 18th December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The GHS has currently administered a total of 21,179,341 vaccine doses as of November 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director General of the Ghana Health Service Dr Patrick Kumah Aboagye at a media engagement called on the citizenry to disregard reports that the Pfizer vaccine to be used during the period has expired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the vaccine has a life span of 15 months and not 12 as been speculated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe current expiry for Pfizer is 15 months and not the12 months. This issue that we are administering the expired vaccine is not true,\u201d Dr Kumah Aboagye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the GHS has also confirmed that existing Covid-19 prevention measures at the airport for visitors have been strengthened to reduce the number of cases which may enter the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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