Nana Akufo-Addo urged his people to take covid jab

Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo has urged his people not to heed conspiracy theories casting doubt on vaccination programme as the country prepares to start its Covid vaccine rollout this week.

Mr Akufo-Addo said some doubted the efficacy of jabs, and others believed that vaccines were created to wipe out the African race, but this was untrue.

Mr Akufo and his wife are due to get their jabs on Monday, before Ghana’s mass rollout begins on Tuesday.

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The country has so far recorded a total case of 84,023 including 77,972 recovered and 607 deaths.