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Akufo-Addo received first doses of coronavirus vaccine at 37 military hospital
• In May, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo reiterated his intention to vaccinate 20 million citizens by the end of 2021
• This projection is highly improbable according to the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta
• He cites the global vaccine crisis as the reason why the target seems unlikely with five months to end the year
Ghana is unlikely to achieve its plan to vaccinate 20 million Ghanaians by the end of 2021 given the unavailability of coronavirus vaccine supplies in the global market.
This is the view of the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, who admits that despite a roadmap for vaccination, the achievement of collective immunity is not possible.
“We have not yet reached 2% of our vaccination target, which is 20 million people by the end of the year, will we be able to do it as promised?” he was asked in Asaase Radio’s Evening News show on August 5, 2021.
The Minister replied: “I get confused with questions like this when you know that the element of supply has now changed dramatically and it is evident that the way the world has handled this has ensured that Africa was not going to get the supply.
“It’s only now that we seem to have solved it and I’ve given you some idea of the roadmap on this, so are we going to effectively stick to that to make it happen?”
Then came his admission:
“We are unlikely to achieve herd immunity of 60 or 70% by December, but we will certainly have a roadmap that will ensure that doses arrive regularly so that our population is protected. “
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in May during his coronavirus speech said the vaccination target was to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of this year.
“The goal is to vaccinate 20 million Ghanaians by the end of the year, there is light at the end of the tunnel,” the president said.
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