The Director-General of Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kumah Aboakye, says the Ghana government has not given up on its target of vaccinating 20 million Ghanaians against Coronavirus.
As at May 7th 2021, 852,047 persons had taken the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The rollout of the second doses of the vaccine began on Wednesday, May19, 2021.
Speaking on Atinka TV's morning show, Ghana Nie, hosted by Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, Dr Patrick Kumah said the GHS was targeting 350,000 people out of those who received the first dose from the 1st to 9th March 2021 for the second dose.
However, he said as at Wednesday, May 19th, 2021, about 14,000 had been vaccinated, saying that the GHS will know the actual number of those who have taken the vaccine so far.
Dr Patrick Kumah said so far, Ghana has reached just about 10 percent of its target, adding that when Ghana receives the rest of the vaccine, the target will be reached.
"With the health system in Ghana, if we get the 20 million doses of the vaccine, within a month, we can administer all of them. The target is still there," he said.