[ 2021-02-28 ]

2nd batch of COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Ghana in 2 weeks
The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony
Nsiah Asare says Ghana will take delivery of the
second batch of COVID-19 vaccines within the next
two weeks.
He said the government will be buying the vaccines
through direct sources, adding that the government
already has a budget in place to purchase these
vaccines.



He made this known in a radio interview on Accra
based Joy FM, during its Saturday Newsfile
programme February 27, 2021.

“The vaccines will be coming in a week or two.
It may be a combination of what the government is
buying directly and what we have also from the
COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX).
We are at a very advanced stage to get the one the
government is buying as well as the one coming
from the COVAX facility”, he stated.

He explained that the government was not paying
for vaccines from the COVAX facility but it is
paying for the deployment.

In addition, he said the private health sector
will not be allowed to purchase and administer the
vaccines to its clients as it is not for sale.



Background

Ghana Wednesday, February 24, 2021, took delivery
of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19
vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India
(Covishield).

The 600,000 doses is the first consignment of
vaccines acquired through the COVID-19 Vaccine
Global Access Facility (COVAX) which Ghana, among
92 countries, has signed unto.


Ghana is the first country in the world to receive
COVID-19 vaccines as part of the COVAX initiative
to ensure equitable access for everyone.

The COVID-19 vaccination will begin on March 2 and
will be conducted in phases and in segments of the
population.



The first segment of the population to receive the
doses are 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 persons in the Greater Accra
Metropolitan Area including Kasoa in the Central
Region and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan and
Obuasi areas.

Source - Graphic Online

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