The University of Ghana Hospital has begun vaccinating people against the Coronavirus.
As part of the 325 vaccination sites within the 25 epicentre-districts of the Greater Accra region, the health facility commenced the exercise on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, to allow eligible persons to turn up for their immunization.
Among eligible persons for the vaccination program are healthcare workers, frontline security personnel, persons with underlying medical conditions, persons 60 years and above, and frontline members of the executive, legislature, and judiciary.
At the launch on Tuesday, the Director of the University Health Services, Dr. Mark Edward Frimpong, was the first to receive the jab at 10 am.
This was followed by staff of the University Hospital and persons 60 years and above within the first group of the vaccination amid strict observance of COVID-19 protocols.
Head of Reproductive and Child Health Unit of the University Hospital, Deborah Tey, who doubles as a recorder for the Covid-19 vaccination team at the hospital, disclosed that priority would be given to staff of the University Hospital for the first two days.
“The health workers have been prioritized; it is not about age. It is about health workers because we have been and are on the frontline. And in health delivery, you cannot single out medical doctors and nurses. Everyone plays a role including our cleaners and security personnel. So every hospital worker is part and that person is a priority,” she said.