Diana Acconcia, the outgoing head of delegation of the European Union to Ghana, said she will make a case for Ghana to benefit from a 100 million COVID-19 vaccines to be distributed by the EU through the COVAX facility.
Ghana is racing against time to vaccinate about 20 million people by the end of the year.
Speaking on The Asaase Breakfast Show with Kojo Mensah on Tuesday (6 July 2021), Acconcia said the vaccines are being supplied through COVAX to ensure fairness in the distribution process.
“What we are trying to do, but it is a work in progress, is that it is a 100 million doses that is going to go to COVAX and then COVAX decides, and so there is no preference from the European Union side.
“I am certainly going to plead that Ghana gets a share, because we know that Ghana can use the vaccine but it will not be a decision from Brussels on who gets the vaccine,” Acconcia noted.
She commended the West African country for progress made so far in vaccinating some citizens despite the challenges in securing the vaccines.
“Ghana can distribute them. Ghana has finished all the vaccines that were at the government’s disposal. It is very impressive, and if there had been more doses I am sure there will be more people vaccinated,” Acconcia added.
Case update
At least 85 new cases have been recorded pushing Ghana’s active cases to 1,619, according to the Ghana Health Service.
The country’s death toll now stands at 796.
As at 1 July 2021, the GHS reports that the country’s total confirmed cases increased to 96, 402 out of which 93, 987 have recovered.
So far, 21 cases have been classified as severe while 11 remain critical, according to GHS. Cases detected at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are 1,901 with 1,822 recoveries so far.
Fred Dzakpata
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