With the continuous rise of COVID-19 and the limited number of vaccinations produces worldwide, Ghana is expected to soon have its own vaccines.
As part of efforts to start production of vaccines locally, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 26th COVID-19 update to the nation announced government's plans to develop its capacity to produce COVID-19 vaccines locally in a bid to reduce the dependency on foreign supplies.
According to him, Ghana was to have National Vaccine Production Institute to avert the global shortage of Coronavirus vaccines that has stalled the country's vaccination plans for sometime.
During his address, the president said government will commit to a seed fund injection of US$25 million towards the establishment of the National Vaccine Production Institute.
So far, three Ghanaian-owned pharmaceutical companies have disclosed its readiness to manufacture vaccines to help curb the menace.
The move is under a private-led initiative, DEK Vaccines Limited; the companies are Danadams, Ernest Chemists and Kinapharma, a report by Graphic Online has disclosed.