General News of Friday, 7 May 2021
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2021-05-07
Ghana took delivery of the second batch of AstraZeneca vaccines on May 7, 2021
Ghana has this morning, May 7, taken delivery of some 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines to kick-start the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
The consignment which was formally meant for the Democratic Republic of Congo was sent to Ghana, through the COVAX facility.
The Ministry of Health confirming the move in a tweet said the vaccines arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) via a Turkish Airline plane.
“The government of Ghana has this morning received 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines to kick-start the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination programme. The consignment which is under the Covax facility arrived from DR Congo through Istanbul on a Turkish Airline,” the tweet read.
Already, the Ghana Health Service says it has administered some 849,527 doses of the vaccines as at Friday, April 30, 2021 with a total of 966,850 received under various partnerships.
Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a recent interview with CNN said Ghana intends to vaccinate some 20 million people by the end of 2021 in a bid to curb the spread of the virus.
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The government of Ghana this morning received 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines to kick-start the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
The consignment, which is under the Covax facility, arrived from DR Congo through Istanbul on a Turkish Airline. pic.twitter.com/SNjOWeRjww
— Ministry of Health, Ghana (@mohgovgh) May 7, 2021