Tag: COVID-19 vaccines
Ashanti extends COVID-19 vaccination exercise by six days
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has extended the vaccination exercise for the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine in the Ashanti Region by...
COVID-19: Ghana to inject $25M into local production of vaccines
Ghana could become one of West Africa's vaccine manufacturing hub, as it injects $25million to "start this whole enterprise", President Akufo-Addo has said.
"The global...
Ghana receives 350,000 more COVID-19 vaccines from DR Congo
UNICEF has delivered 350,000 more AstraZeneca vaccines from the Democratic Republic of Congo through the COVAX initiative to Ghana.
The vaccines form part of 1.3 million doses...
Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is struggling to keep up with its...
Ghana became the first country globally to receive a vaccine shipment from the COVAX facility – a global initiative that’s trying to ensure equitable...
Fourth suspect arrested over theft and sale of COVID-19 vaccines
A Disease Control Officer of La Bawaleshie Polyclinic, Lord Pabitey, who absconded after allegedly stealing and selling 26 Vials of COVIDSHIELD has been arrested.
Pabitey...
Accra: Three grabbed for stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccines
National Security has arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in the stealing and sale of COVISHIELD vaccines belonging to the Government of Ghana.
Stephen...
No blood clot incident from AstraZeneca vaccine in Ghana yet –...
Ghana's Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said reports of blood clot associated with taking the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in other countries are yet...
Ghana gets second COVID-19 vaccine shipment from India
Ghana on Friday, March 5, received 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from India, the second vaccines it has received to date.
Already 600,000 doses of the...
Zipline begins world’s first ever drone delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in...
The world’s first and only national-scale drone delivery service, Zipline, today began the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to selected health facilities within its service...
VIDEO: Akufo-Addo, Bawumia take COVID-19 vaccine jabs
Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his vice-president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia took their COVAX COVID-19 vaccine jabs on Monday 1 March 2021.
They took it together with...
