Ghanaian Former President Mahama, wife receive COVID-19 vaccine
Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama and his wife Lordina Mahama were vaccinated against COVID-19 at a hospital in Accra.
“I believe that all Ghanaians should avail themselves for the vaccines and indeed in Africa, we should be less hesitant about taking vaccines because all of us took vaccines when we were growing up, and it is due to these vaccines that today our children do not get all kinds of diseases like polio and smallpox among others,” Mahama told the media after vaccination
The former president further urged people to disregard all negative conspiracy theories surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Vaccines are useful in preserving our health and so Ghanaians should disregard all these rumours. I agreed to take the vaccine publicly, so everyone would be assured that the vaccines are safe,” he said.
The government of Ghana has taken delivery of some 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines through the COVAX facility.
The West African country seeks to immunize 20 million people from 2nd March to October this year.
Hauwa Mustapha
