COVID-19 Vaccination Not Mandatory In Ghana – Presidency Disclose

The Presidency has maintained that it deems the rollout of an extensive vaccination programme as one of the effective means of reducing the transmission of COVID-19.

In a letter written by the Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare in response to some Ghanaian Doctors opposed to the programme, the Presidency acknowledged the concerns but insisted that the data and science about COVID-19 and vaccination support the government’s view of extensive vaccination.

The doctors wrote to the President calling for a halt to the vaccine mandate across public and private institutions in the country.

But the letter from the Presidency stated that there is no official vaccine mandate.

“Though the position of government with regard to COVID-19 vaccinations, as backed by both local and international sourced data, remains that the covid-19 vaccines are effective in reducing severe or critical sicknesses leading to ICU bed exhaustion, mass hospitalization and deaths, there is no current mandate requiring mandatory vaccine rollouts within the country,” a portion of a letter from the presidency said.

Meanwhile, in another letter to the Presidency, the doctors have raised further concerns about the vaccination programme and insist that contrary to what the Presidency says, the Ghana Health Service has plans of implementing a vaccine mandate.