Gov’t Receives Covid-19 Vaccines , Deployment Starts March 2

The government on Wednesday, February 24 received at the Kotoka International Airport 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines made by the Serum Institute of India (Covishield).

It was received by a delegation led by the Minister-designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu.

A statement issued by the Minister-designate for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the vaccines will be deployed to health facilities from Tuesday, March 2.

“Covid-19 vaccination will be conducted in phases among segmented populations,” Mr Oppong Nkrumah, who is also the Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency, stated.

“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 West and Awutu Senya East in the Central Region.

“A similar segmented population in the Greater Kumasi Metro and Obuasi municipality will also be covered.”