41 Districts to Benefits from Phase One of COVID-19 Vaccination

A total of 41 District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies in three regions have been selected to begin phase one of COVID -19 vaccinations.

Out of the 41 Districts, two are in Central Region, 25 in Greater Accra, and 14 in Ashanti Region.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will receive the first dose of the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines which arrived in Ghana on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.

Ghana received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through an UN-backed global vaccine-sharing scheme, COVAX, as part of efforts to enable equitable access to the jabs by low and middle-income countries.

The consignment, which arrived at the Kotoka International Airport, consisted of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines, which are expected to be administered first to frontline health workers, and high-risk persons and people over 60 years, to slow the progression of the disease.

The vaccines were produced by the Serum Institute of India.

District for phase one are:

Afigya Kwabre South

Ablekuma Central

Asokore Mampong

Ablekuma North

Asokwa 3

Ablekuma West 4

Atwima Kwanwoma

Accra Metro

Atwima Nwabiagya

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