President
The vaccine manufacturing plant--initially, the fill and finish plant--is a pan-African project, comprising
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Speaking at the 73rd Annual
Delivering a speech on the theme, "COVID-19 and Socio-Economic Dynamics in
"That is why the government encouraged and facilitated the domestic manufacture of personal protective equipment at the height of their global shortages, which has enabled Ghanaian companies, today, to be exporting such products within the
He urged all Ghanaians to get vaccinated to end the spread of the virus in the country, as the science indicates that getting vaccinated "is the most efficient way to defeat the virus and go back to our normal way of life, re-open fully our economy, and return our nation onto the path of progress and prosperity."
The President indicated that the government had secured considerable quantities of vaccines for the country, numbering nearly 26 million doses so far, with more on the way.
"Thus far, a total of ten million, four hundred and fifty-one thousand, six hundred and sixty-two (10,451,662) vaccine doses have been administered. Seven million and seventy thousand, seven hundred and nineteen (7,070,719) persons have received at least one jab, with three million, three hundred and eighty thousand, nine hundred and forty-nine (3,380,943) persons fully vaccinated. So, I entreat all those who have not been vaccinated to do so. Our responsibility to one another requires that we be vaccinated," he added.
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