By: Razak Baba
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has expressed concern about the low COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the Ashanti Region.
According to the Regional Health Directorate 70 per cent of the total population of the region was targeted to be vaccinated.
As at the 15th of this month, almost one-point-five million people representing about 42 per cent had been fully vaccinated.
The concern was expressed during an interaction between the Select Committee and the Regional Health Directorate in Kumasi.
The meeting between the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health and the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate was to see how best the COVID 19 vaccination coverage in the region can be scaled up. 62-point -7 per cent of the population in the Ashanti Region have at least taken one dose of the COVID vaccine.
According to the Health Directorate, Kumasi Metro has the highest COVID 19 vaccination coverage, while Kwabre East Municipality has the lowest.
The Ashanti Regional Health Director, Dr. Emmanuel Tinkorang called on the media to lead the advocacy to get people more vaccinated, particularly those who have not taken the second dose of the vaccine.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Health, Dr. Nana Yaw Afriyie was not happy about the low vaccination coverage in the region especially among the rural folk.
