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General news for Saturday, February 27, 2021
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
02/27/2021
Ghana became the first country to receive free COVAX vaccines from India
Rather than plan for the president and other politicians at the top of the political ladder to take the first blows of coronavirus vaccines in the country, a pharmacist has said he would rather promote the call for frontline workers to be first in line. .
Richmond Adusa-Poku, CEO of Garrison Pharmacy, said that with best practices from around the world to follow, it’s a better decision to have people on the hotline of fighting the novel coronavirus, be the first to take the shots.
This, he argued, will ensure that there is confidence and security in the process of having others ready to throw their punches as well and reduce doubts.
Ghana received 600,000 doses of COVAX AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccines from India, the first in Africa to receive them, and implementation is expected to begin on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, with the president taking the first vaccine.
But Richmond Adusa-Poku thinks otherwise. Speaking in Newsfile on the JoyNews channel on Saturday February 27, 2021, he said that he would prefer the process start with frontline workers.
“I would prefer that the heads of the COVID-19 treatment centers take the first blow. You know how we treat politicians and our faith in them. I am not saying that I do not trust the president, but people will criticize that they are the first to the race, so I would rather have the frontline workers, the people who are in the COVID treatment centers, take the first hits. I think this is clearly seen all over the world.
“When you see the doctors in Korle Bu, Komfo Anokye, Ghana University Medical Center, taking these blows, who are people who are taking care of these COVID-19 patients, this benefits the citizenship and politicians, later on They can continue, “he explained.
