Ghana on Wednesday, February 23, at 0700 hours GMT took delivery of its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines.
The first batch of vaccines totalled 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s manufactured COVID-19 vaccines acquired through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) which Ghana, among some 92 countries have signed unto
Ghana is expected to receive an additional 1.8 million doses of vaccines under the COVAX facility.
Per a statement issued by the nation’s Information Ministry, government intends to conduct the vaccination exercise in phases among segmented populations.
“The first segment of the population that will receive from the 600,000 doses will be health workers, adults 60 years and over, people with underlying health conditions, frontline executive, legislature, judiciary and their related staff, frontline security personnel, some religious leaders, essential workers, teachers and other personalities in Greater Accra Metro including Awutu Senya and Awutu Senya East in the Central Region. A similar segmented population in the Greater Kumasi Metro and Obuasi municipality will also be covered,” read part of the statement.
“We urge you to do your part by ensuring that you get vaccinated when the vaccine gets to you. We acknowledge the hard work of the technical teams from the Ghana Health Service, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Information, the COVID-19 Task Force and all those who have assisted in getting us this far,” the statement added.
The Government of Ghana (GoG) has said it remains resolute in ensuring the welfare of all Ghanaians and is making frantic efforts to acquire adequate vaccines to cover the entire population through bilateral and multi-lateral agencies.
Vaccination against Covid-19 among the population begins March 2. 2021.
