Ghana in talks with manufacturers for more Covid-19 vaccines – Okoe Boye

The government is in talks with manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines to obtain additional vaccines for the country.

This follows the delivery of some 600,000 vaccines to Ghana.

Former Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Okoe Boye on The big problem sure Play TV / FM said Ghana would receive more vaccines in the coming weeks.

“There is communication between the minister of the sector through the Russian embassy and certain agents who have direct access to the manufacturers. [of the vaccines]. We are looking for sources like COVAX, M-pharma and some private entities who have shown signs of willingness to give us vaccines. ”

Ghana received doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India last Wednesday.

The vaccines arrived through the COVID-19 Global Vaccine Access Mechanism (COVAX) to which Ghana signed alongside 91 other countries.

There is no indication yet when the actual vaccination of people will begin.

The areas set aside for the initial vaccine deployment are the Greater Accra metropolitan region, including Awutu Senya and Awutu Senya East in the central region.

A similar segmented population in the Greater Kumasi metropolitan area and Obuasi municipality will also be covered, according to a statement from the Information Ministry.

The people in these areas who will benefit from the initial doses of the vaccine are “health workers, adults aged 60 and over, people with underlying health problems, front-line managers, legislative bodies, magistrates. and their associated staff, frontline security personnel, some religious leaders, essential workers, teachers and other prominent figures. ”

The newly arrived COVID-19 vaccines will be deployed to designated health facilities from March 2, 2021.

—Citinewsroom