Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia will be the first government official to take
the COVID-19 vaccine, Starrfm.com.gh has reported.
He will take
the COVID-19 jab Monday morning at the Police Hospital in Accra.
The President
of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will take his turn at the 37
Military Hospital.
But it was earlier reported that
President Akufo-Addo will be the first to take the jab of
the COVID-19 vaccine.
Ghana received the first batch
of 600,000 AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine
at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra last week.
The deployment of the vaccines
is scheduled for Tuesday, March 2 in the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi
metropolitan areas; Awutu Senya East and Awutu Senya West in the Central Region
as well as Obuasi will also be covered.
In a statement issued on
Wednesday, Minister-designate for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said
the COVID-19 “vaccination will be conducted in phases among segmented
populations”.
“The first segment of the population that will receive from
the 600,000 doses will be health workers, adults 60 years and over, people with
underlying health conditions, frontline executive, legislature, judiciary, and
their related staff, frontline security personnel, some religious leaders,
essential workers, teachers and other personalities in Greater Accra Metro
including Awutu Senya West and Awutu Senya East in the Central Region.
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