Upcoming vaccines – Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey reassures

General news for Thursday 11 February 2021

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2021-02-11

The Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, assured that Ghana would soon buy vaccines in the country, as it has hired two countries for the supply.

Those countries she mentioned are China and Russia.

She said that although vaccines have become the most wanted commodity at the moment, efforts have been made by ECOWAS to procure 240 million vaccines of which efforts have been made to ensure that Ghana receives one. part.

“The country is trying to get vaccines from outside. In addition, we belong to ECOWAS and the African Union and under the AU we have the African CDC, therefore efforts are made internally with companies that produce vaccines and efforts are collectively made within of ECOWAS by the West African Health Committee and the Africa CDS.

“I was asked to hire two countries that came with the vaccine, China and Russia. I engaged them at the ambassadorial level and asked them to try as much as possible to ensure that we can get hold of vaccines because vaccines have become such a hot commodity. Even when you have the money, it is difficult. At the level of ECOWAS, efforts are being made.

Efforts are being made to provide 240 million to the ECOWAS region. Efforts are also being made to see if we can produce our own vaccines on the continent, ”she told the committee.

She assured that Ghana will soon receive its vaccine.

“I know that the Ministry of Health has already made an effort and engaged the manufacturers. My job is to engage with the foreign ministries to ensure that we are among the countries that will receive the vaccines. It is beyond me because I know the president is committed to making sure we get the vaccine. I can assure you that we will soon be sending vaccines to this country. It will not be enough to cover everyone but will come in installments, ”she added.