GHS to Soon Administer COVID-19 Booster Dose

The presidential advisor on health, Dr Nsiah Asare has said government is considering administering booster jabs to targeted groups in the country in a bid to lessen COVID-19 fatalities.

This acording to him is a booster dose of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine helps improve the protection you have from your first 2 doses of the vaccine.

“We are doing a lot of work in our research…genome sequencing is going on and we know that the majority of strains in the country is now turning to be Omicron and that is the nature of omicron. The most important thing we are doing is to rump up our vaccination so that a lot of people could be vaccinated and we have few people who are vulnerable in our society, ” he said.

“We also considering and thinking of giving the vulnerable people and people who are at the forefront of the fight a booster dose, this is still under consideration.”

He added, “So that we don’t have a lot of fatalities during this period, but the most important thing is that we are now moving into the festivities, the virus moves where people are and we are now advising everybody that if you want to have an event, it should be done outdoor.”

At least 321 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) pushing the country’s active cases to 3,165.

The death toll hits 1,269 after four additional fatalities were recorded across the country, an update on the GHS COVID-19 dashboard reveals.

As of 18 December 2021, Ghana’s total confirmed cases stand at 134,555. Currently, health officials have recorded 129,921 recoveries.

So far, 24 persons are in severe condition with no critical case, according to GHS. Cases detected at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are 3,857 with 3,282 recoveries.

Breakdown of regional cases

Greater Accra Region – 72,687

Ashanti Region – 20,887

Western Region – 7,551

Eastern Region – 6,617

Volta Region – 5,425

Central Region – 4,862

Bono East Region – 2,558

Bono Region – 2,126

Northern Region – 1,767

Upper East Region – 1,495

Ahafo Region – 1,060