Ghana receives 1.5 million AstraZeneca vaccines from German Chancellor
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fulfilled her promise to President Akufo-Addo by sending 1.5 million AstraZeneca vaccines to Ghana. This promise was made during president Akufo-Addo’s trip to the European Country in August.
Chancellor Merkel who is scheduled to leave office after over 15 years as Germany’s head of government, pledged over 70 million vaccines to African nations.
Initially, she had promised to give Ghana 1.2 million out of the total to Africa. An additional 300,000 was later added, This was revealed by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin.
Deputy Health Minister, Mahama Asei Seini, was at the Kotoka International Airport to receive the consignment on behalf of the government on Sunday, September 26, 2021.
Ghana’s vaccination drive is expected to be boosted in the country following the donations. The government has targeted vaccinating 20 million of the country’s population by the end of the year.
According to reports, most of the 1,643,172 persons vaccinated in the country have been administered with AstraZeneca. However only a few have received Russian-made Sputnik-V and South African-made Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
Also, the country has in store Moderna vaccines from the US and was recently promised some Pfizer vaccines by the United States Vice President Kamala Harris.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
