Make vaccination outlets visible

Dear Editor,                                         

COVID-19 protocols have been eased and the wearing of nose masks is no longer mandatory, as President Akufo-Addo indicated in his last situational address to the nation.

While at it, he encouraged citizens to avail themselves of vaccination for Ghana to attain the 20 million target by July 2022, as the existing number of vaccinated persons was somewhat unsatisfactory.

Apart from apathy on the part of some Ghanaians, I believe limited information on where citizens could voluntarily go and take COVID-19 jab also accounts for the low figure recorded.

It is against this backdrop that I suggest the Ghana Health Service should consider a ‘mobile or door-to-door’ vaccination programme to enable more people take the jab, just as it does to polio vaccination for children.

Following increased public education on the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine, I believe many Ghanaians are now willing to take the vaccine; therefore, health authorities must make the vaccination outlets more visible to the public.

Although I may not be too conversant with operations in the health sector, I believe it would not be out of place for the authorities to send mobile vaccination vans to communities or establish more centres closer to residents so they could conveniently take the jab, and in the long run help the country attain its intended vaccination target.

James Gakpo,

Tema, Community 4.