The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo Addo, addressed the Nation on Sunday, 28th February 2021, on measures taken against COVID-19 in the country.
In his address, he disclosed that the target of the first vaccination campaign will be conducted in 43 epicentre-districts.
He revealed that 600,000 Astrazeneca vaccines had arrived in the country and more are expected to come.
The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the Vice President Bawumia, the Second lady Samira Bawumia, and the president himself got vaccinated publicly early today.
Following the vaccination, On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, the Ghana Health Service will begin deployment of the 600,000 AstraZeneca vaccines, with persons in Groups 1and 2 being the target of this first vaccination campaign to 20 million Ghanaians.
The vaccination will be conducted in 43 districts, which are the epi-centres of the pandemic in the country. They are 25 in Greater Accra, 16 in Ashanti, and two in the Central Region. The Ghana Health Service, as from tomorrow, will give precise details.
However, preparations are being made for the vaccination of twenty million Ghanaians.
For the vaccination to take place, the president has deployed some 12,471 vaccinators, 37,413 volunteers, and 2,079 supervisors for the entire vaccination campaign.
