[ 2021-03-02 ]

Asantehene and wife take COVID-19 vaccine
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and his wife,
Lady Julia, took the COVID 19 vaccine publicly on
Tuesday at the Manhyia Palace to bolster public
confidence and encourage all to participate in the
inoculation exercise.
The Asantehene did not make any statement after
the exercise but was heard telling the nurse,
Lydia Owusu Ansah, a public health nurse at the
regional health directorate: "have you finished.
But this is not painful at all," he said.



His jab was to officially commence the inoculation
exercise in the Ashanti Region where 150,000 doses
of the AstraZeneca vaccines are to be given out.

Clad in an all-white cloth to signify "Ekradware
da" (cleansing of the soul), Otumfuo Osei Tutu II
was gleeful all through the short ceremony as the
Mamponghene, Nana Osei Bonsu
and the Mamponghemaa, Agyakoma Difia, joined him
in the exercise.



GMA



Earlier, the president of the Ghana Medical
Association, Dr Frank Ankobea, cautioned that the
vaccine was not a replacement for the observation
of the COVID-19 protocols.

He said much as the vaccines were safe, they were
not full proof of preventing the spread of the
virus.

The GMA president urged Ghanaians to continue with
the regular washing of hands under running water
with soap, sanitize their hands and observe social
distancing to help stop the spread of the virus.

Source - Graphic Online

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