Mahama, Lordina take COVID vaccine at Police Hospital

Former President John Mahama and former First Lady Lordina Mahama have received their first shots of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Police Hospital in Accra.

On Monday, President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia took their first doses of the vaccine to shore up public confidence in the vaccine.

The Ghana Health Service will today begin the national rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine which arrived in the country last week.

The service is targeting persons most at risk and frontline state officials in 43 districts for the vaccination.



Below is the list of priority persons for vaccination

Group 1
Persons most at risk and frontline State officials
Healthcare workers
Frontline security personnel
Persons with underlying medical conditions
Persons 60 years and above
Frontline members of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary
Group 2
Other essential service providers and the rest of the security agencies
Water and electricity supply services
Teachers and students
Supply and distribution of fuels
Farmers and food value chain
Telecommunications services
Air traffic and civil aviation control services
Meteorological services
Air transport services
Waste management services
Media
Public and private commercial transport services
Police Service
Armed Forces
Prisons Service
Immigration Service
National Fire Service
CEPS Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority
Other members of the Executive, Judiciary, and Legislature
Group 3
Consists of the rest of the public, that is all persons over 18 years, except for pregnant women.

Group 4
This final group will include pregnant mothers and persons under the age of 18, and they will be vaccinated when an appropriate vaccine, hopefully, is found, or when enough safety data on the present vaccines are available according to the President.

Source:Starrfm.com.gh