Social Media Sensation and Activist, Afia Odo has waded in on the controversy surrounding the government’s decision to get persons flying in and out of the country to be fully vaccinated.
The budding actress has said that she prefers being stuck in Ghana than taking any disapproved vaccine.
Ghana Health Services has directed that effective Tuesday, December 14, 2021, persons flying in and out of the country are to be fully vaccinated and to strictly follow stipulated guidelines for both self-preservation and the protection of the larger society.
They also warned that Airlines which bring in passengers to the Kotoka International Airport who are not fully vaccinated shall be surcharged U$3,500 per passenger; and Airlines which board passengers without PCR test results, or transport and disembark passengers with Positive PCR test results into Accra will also be fined US$3,500 per passenger.
While non-Ghanaians who fall into this category may be denied entry and returned to the point of embarkation at a cost to the Airline, Ghanaian passengers will be allowed entry but subject to 14 days of mandatory quarantine at a designated facility.
But in a show of disagreement with the directive, Efia Odo has vowed not to take the jab.
….They are forcing us to take the vaccine. Taking a vaccine should be a personal choice and not a mandatory decision. Guess am stuck in Ghana cuz am not taking any disapproved vaccines,’’ she tweeted.
The Ghana health Service in an earlier release said it has had to adopt these stringent measures on both airlines and their passengers because of the increasing cases of the omicron variant in the country.
