Ghana will ensure safety of Coronavirus vaccines – Dr DaCosta
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JAN 6, 2021
The Head of Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Ghana's Covid-19 Response, Dr Aboagye DaCosta has assured Ghanaians that the country will make sure COVID-19 vaccines are safe.
Responding to research by the finder newspaper of scepticisms, misinformation and myths by Ghanaians and their unreadiness to take the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr DaCosta said the country has capable institutions to make sure Ghana receives safe doses of vaccines.
“When you get such a vaccine, we have rules and laws in this country so we will route it through the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to make sure that the safety and its efficacy is guaranteed”, he highlighted. According to him, the FDA, together with the Ghana Standard Authority and the Ghana Pharmaceutical Council, in the past years have approved a lot of safe vaccines and would have the capacity to do same with COVID-19 vaccines.