General News of Friday, 5 March 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGhana Health Service vaccinates over 30,000 people so far - Dr. Amponsa-AchianoThe GHS says it has vaccinated over 30,000 people so farDr. Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Programme Manager for the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of the Ghana Health Service has stated that 30,500 Ghanaians have so far been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the country as of March 3, 2021. Dr. Amponsa-Achieno made this known to the media on the sidelines of the National Delegates Congress of Community Health Nurses, Ghana (CHNG), in Accra on Thursday, March 4, 2021, reports citinewsroom.com. The three-day delegates congress which was on the theme, “Harnessing Community Nurses’ Prospects, Fulcrum to Attain Preventive Health as a Nation”, and organized by the CHNG and the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, was to elect substantive leaders to run the affairs of the community health nurses. Also, about 11,500 frontline health workers had also been vaccinated so far, he said. In total, Ghana has received 650,000 doses of vaccines for the coronavirus fight.

Source: GhanaWeb March 05, 2021 13:18 UTC