Ghana has taken delivery of 249,600 doses more of AstraZeneca vaccines to boost its ongoing mass immunisation exercise across the country.
According to officials at the Ghana Health Service, the vaccines are for those who have already taken their first dose and waiting for the second one.
The consignment is a support from the UK government under the COVAX initiative.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Tina Mensah, who received the vaccines on board a Qatar Airline at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on Wednesday (18 August) said: “This morning, Ghana is receiving 249,600 AstraZeneca vaccines from the UK government through the COVAX facility to continue our COVID-19 vaccination. The donation is part of the broader pledge by the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson at the G7 meeting in June this year.”
“The UK government will share 100 million jabs with the rest of the world, out of which 80 per cent will go through COVAX. The UK has already donated around five million vaccine doses to COVAX and three million of these doses will be sent to countries across Africa,” she added.
Case update
At least 524 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) pushing the country’s active cases to 6,265
The death toll hits 945 after 15 additional fatalities were recorded across the country, an update on the GHS COVID-19 dashboard reveals.
As at 14 August 2021, Ghana’s total confirmed cases stand at 112,378. Currently, health officials have recorded 105,168 recoveries.
So far, 128 persons are in severe condition while 51 remain critical, according to GHS. Cases detected at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are 2,523 with 2,361 recoveries.
According to the Ghana Health Service, the month of July recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases among international arrivals since the airport opened on 1 September 2020.
Breakdown of regional cases
Greater Accra Region – 60,185
Ashanti Region – 19,622
Western Region – 6,415
Eastern Region – 5,295
Central Region – 4,091
Volta Region – 3,677
Bono East Region – 2,104
Bono Region – 1,950
Northern Region – 1,693
Upper East Region – 1,337
Ahafo Region – 975
Western North Region – 943
Oti Region – 649
Upper West Region – 519
North East Region – 236
Savannah Region – 164
Fred Dzakpata
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