{"id":121826,"date":"2021-05-08T09:27:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T01:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121826"},"modified":"2021-05-08T09:27:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T01:27:16","slug":"covid-19-ghana-receives-350000-doses-of-vaccine-in-boost-to-fight-pandemic%ef%bb%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121826","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Ghana receives 350,000 doses of vaccine in boost to fight pandemic\ufeff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ghana launches COVID-19 vaccination campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ACCRA, May 8 (NNN-XINHUA)\u00a0—\u00a0<\/strong>Ghana on Friday took delivery of some 350,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine at the Kotoka International Airport, in a boost to the country’s fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Receiving the vaccines on behalf of the government, Chief Director of the Ministry of Health Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari told journalists that the arrival of the vaccines was a “big relief” for Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Even if you have the money to buy, it is not easy these days to get them,” he said. “So this is very timely and a big relief for the country.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghana’s COVID-19 immunization program suffered setbacks early this year due to inadequate vaccine supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The delay in the procurement of additional COVID-19 vaccines is occasioned by the global scramble for vaccines and the unavailability of vaccines, said Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, director-general of the Ghana Health Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghana was the first country in the world to receive 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX facility on Feb 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has also received 50,000 does of vaccines from the Indian government and 165,000 doses from telecoms giant MTN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghana started its mass inoculation program on March 2, and the GHS said a total of 849,527 doses of the vaccines had been administered as of April 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has set a target of immunizing some 20 million people by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the GHS, the country’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases stood at 92,856 on Friday, with 90,480 recoveries and 783 deaths. — NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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