[ 2021-02-25 ]

How CNN Reported The Arrival Of Coronavirus Vaccines In Ghana
Ghana has become the first country to receive
COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health
Organization’s COVAX program on Wednesday, a
joint statement issued by UNICEF Ghana and WHO
Ghana said.

The shipment, consisting of 600,000 doses of the
AstraZeneca vaccines, arrived at 7 am GMT
Wednesday on an Emirates flight at Kotoka
International Airport, in Ghana’s capital
Accra.

The Minister for Health-designate, Kwaku
Agyeman-Manu led a government delegation to
receive the consignment.As the plane carrying the
vaccines landed, state-run Ghana Broadcasting
Corporation journalist Abdul Hayi-Moomen declared:
“The flight carrying the vaccines that we so
much look forward to receiving, I believe hope has
arrived.”

The vaccines were produced by the Serum Institute
of India, in the Indian city of Pune, and are part
of the first wave of Covid-19 vaccines headed to
low and middle-income countries, the joint
statement added.

“Today marks the historic moment for which we
have been planning and working so hard,” said
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “With
the first shipment of doses, we can make good on
the promise of the COVAX Facility to ensure people
from less wealthy countries are not left behind in
the race for life-saving vaccines.”

The vaccines will be first administered to health
workers, people over 60, and those with underlying
health conditions, according to a statement from
the Information Ministry. They also plan to secure
additional vaccines through external agencies, the
statement said.

Last month, India and the African Union announced
plans for the Serum Institute to supply 400
million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa.

Ghana has reported at least 80,759 cases of
COVID-19 and 582 deaths, according to Johns
Hopkins University.

Source - CNN

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