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General news for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Source: e.TV Ghana
2021-03-02
President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Affail Monney
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has encouraged all people working in the media to benefit from the COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow.
Association President Roland Affail Monney reminded all journalists of the need to take the jab tomorrow when he told Samuel Eshun on the Happy Morning Show: “All journalists, editors, senior editors, presenters will receive the vaccine to show. the world that is safe. So God willing at the Ghana International Press Center, we should all go in our number and get vaccinated. All journalists must be prepared to strike tomorrow at the Press Center ”.
He added that the Association was very particular about the presence of senior media editors to take the vaccines and show others that the vaccine is safe.
Meanwhile, Affail Monney has urged the media to properly educate the public about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. “Be at the forefront to educate. This is because education is part of our role. We are here to educate and inform and we have to do it well, “he said.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 24th Address to the Nation on measures against COVID-19 revealed that the population has been segmented into four groups for the National Vaccine Deployment Plan.
The media has been classified in the second group of people who get vaccinated. The second group is made up of other essential service providers and the rest of security organizations such as water and electricity supply services, fuel supply and distribution, farmers and food value chain, telecommunications services, air traffic control services. and civil aviation, among others. others.
Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Bawumia along with their wives, First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo and Second Lady Samira Bawumia received their first doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine today.
Before taking vaccines publicly, the president, in his 24th address to the nation, stated that taking vaccines publicly was reassuring Ghanaians that vaccines are safe.
