With global omicron spread, vaccination campaign revs up in Ghana

In a bid to contain the fourth wave of COVID-19 in Ghana, the government has declared a new vaccination campaign. Reporter Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman goes to a vaccination center at a hospital in Accra to hear why people are getting the vaccine now, and some of the strategies health officials have to increase vaccinations.

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