Ghana is scheduled to receive Wednesday the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Covax, a World Health Organization-backed effort to procure and distribute inoculations for free to poor countries.
“These 600,000 Covax vaccines are part of an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine licensed to the Serum Institute of India, which represent part of the first wave of Covid vaccines headed to several low and middle-income countries,” said UNICEF, which organised the shipment from Mumbai, in a joint statement with the WHO.
Covax has said it would deliver two billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines globally by the end of 2021.
Read Also:
Senate okays N11.35bn for Police Trust Fund
Senate confirms Bawa as new EFCC Chair
Maiduguri Explosions: Zulum confirms 10 killed, 50 injured
Sokoto Hisbah is constitutional, says Tambuwal
Biotech firm launches Lassa vaccine trial in West Africa
Watch our news highlights on YouTube
Click to receive daily news headlines on WhatsApp
Call or send us a text: 07030805323
