Ghana to Develop an App to Aid in Vaccine Rollout
The government of Ghana has announced its plan to roll out an app to aid in the vaccine rollout.
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the app was being sourced locally.
“We are currently going to adapt a locally developed app which will allow us to be able to schedule and do preregistration before you go and vaccinate. You can book appointments,” he said at a press conference on Monday.
He added that “it will generate your COVID-19 passport for you, so we know all see those who are getting the vaccine and the database will be in Ghana,” Dr. Kuma-Aboagye added.
The Ghana Health Service expects that the data that is collected by the app will be very beneficial in the future.
“Whatever the world decides on COVID-19, we will have a database locally to be able to respond appropriately including checking if persons who have had positive tests have had vaccinations or not,” Dr. Kuma-Aboagye said.
Already, Ghana had had a COVID-19 tracker app that was made to help trace people who came into contact with infected persons.
Meanwhile, the government expects to take delivery of 2 million AstraZeneca vaccines by the end of May, also from the COVAX facility.
