Indian’s most contagious Covid-19 variant, has been recorded in Ghana.
The Head of the West Africa Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens, WACCBIP, of the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon Awendare who confirmed this explained that the deadly variant is part of the forty-five (45) variants that are currently in Ghana.
He said: “Overall we have about 45 or 46 different variants. The trend shows that all these normally come from travellers. Now that the Delta (Indian Variant) is taking over, it’s just a matter of time before it will come here in large quantities. We have a few here but it’s going to increase.”
He has since called on the government to immediately enforce the Covid-19 preventive protocols to prevent the spread of the deadly variant.
He has also asked authorities to tighten up their work at the Accra International Airport.
He further disclosed that the AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines are not effective against the Indian variant.
“Now we have to be looking at the right vaccines. All this while, we’ve been fixed on AstraZeneca and Sputnik V but we have to shift towards more of Pfizer and others which have a better chance of protecting against this variant. Because the future is, we are going towards these aggressive variants”, he told Accra-based Joy Fm.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
