An office belonging to the LGBTQI community in Kwabenya, a suburb in Accra has been closed down by Ghana Police Officers.

In a video sighted by modernnewsgh.com, the office was raided personnel of the Ghana Police Service.

A representative of the owner of the property, Dr Asenso Gyambi told Joy News he was unhappy with the answers given to him by the tenant who rented the house.

He said on Tuesday at about 7 pm, he received a text message from an undisclosed source that the house is being used for LGBTQ activities.

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Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, the presidential advisor on health says no Ghanaian will pay for the cost of the COVID-19 vaccines.

Speaking on the Asaase Radio, Dr Nsiah Asare said, “What I will say first is that it’s free to the ordinary citizen. Any Ghanaian who is going for the vaccine will not pay anything for it. I’m sure somebody will ask; what about those who can pay?

 “All what we are saying is that if the private sector wants to be part of this, there should be private sector financing. The private sector should try and give the money and the government will bring the vaccines in.”

 Dr Nsiah Asare said the government was expecting a batch of the COVAX vaccines first and “we are supposed to get about 20% of those vaccines which are about six million.”

“We are also getting vaccines from bilateral organisations. We are also getting vaccines from the private sector which have agreed to give vaccines for the corporate organisations, but they will also give the government the same amount of vaccines,” he added.

Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday (20 February) that Ghana had granted emergency authorisation for the use of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the 31st country to do so, and the fifth country in Africa, Reuters reports.

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Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister-designate for Information has announced the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines for the country will arrive later today.

Speaking at the Conference and Donor Presentation for the Sustainable Development of Yendi Municipal Hospital, Oppong Nkrumah said that he attended the program despite having another task connected to the delivery of the first batch of vaccines.

“… though I have another engagement on our COVID-19 vaccines that are arriving early [Monday] morning”, Oppong Nkrumah said.

Per the government’s rollout plan, health professionals will be the first to be vaccinated.

Also, due to the prevalence of the virus in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions, they will receive priority in the roll-out of the vaccine.

The government is targeting vaccinating 20 million people between March and October this year.

Already, the Food and Drugs Authority has approved the AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines for use in Ghana.

Plans are also underway for the purchase of 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca by the end of February.

In an attempt to clear misconceptions about the vaccines and enhance public confidence in the exercise, some public officials and celebrities will take their vaccines publicly.

The National Commission for Civic Education, Information Services Department, and the Ghana Health Service will also embark on a sensitization program.

Ghana has had 80,253 cases of the virus and 577 deaths since recording its first case in March 2020.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com