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Ghana Health Service (GHS) Director General Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has revealed that Ghana is expecting two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine between March and May 2021.
According to him, he hopes that more doses of the Covid-19 doses will be deployed in the country by the end of March so that the vaccinations can continue.
“The government is also pursuing other bilateral agreements beyond COVAX to provide vaccines. A little has happened and we expect more. The goal is to continue vaccinating until October. “
He added that the total number of vaccines the country receives is expected to immunize 20% of the population.
“A total dose that’s going to come from the COVAX facility is around 12 million shots, I’d say it’s around 6.4 million doses.”
Talk on Newsfile from JoyNews On Saturday, Dr Kuma-Aboagye told host Samson Lardy Anyenini that currently the vaccines available in the country are the Oxford / AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility.
Adding that the GHS is working to acquire more doses of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine which are expected to arrive in the country in about a week, although there are a few doses available in the country.
“The goal is to make sure we have an influx where we can slowly continue to vaccinate until, as the president said, by June if we can make the 20 million.
“And if by October we have vaccines for children under 18 and pregnant women, then we will be heading towards 30 million vaccines,” he said.
The Director General of GHS admitted that although there is a global shortage of Covid-19 vaccines, Ghana is doing its best to “use multiple approaches to ensure that we are able to bring vaccines to cover so much of people as possible.
He also urged everyone to remain calm and that they will surely have their turn, and he also urged citizens to respect security protocols.
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