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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that the government is on course to purchase some 42 million additional COVID-19 doses by close of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He says talks are far advanced to get the vaccines into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGovernment remains on course to procuring a total of 42 million vaccines to achieve its target of 20 million vaccinated Ghanaians by the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis would mean that the entire adult population of our country would have been vaccinated by the end of the year,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, close to 500,000 persons have received their first jab, according to the Ghana Health Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all, Ghana has received a little over 800,000 vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These included 600,000 via the COVAX facility, 50,000 from the Indian government and 165,000 from MTN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) also says Ghana could start importing unpackaged COVID-19 vaccines in bulk for local companies to fill into vials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FDA has said this is likely to happen within six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Akufo-Addo has indicated Ghana\u2019s willingness to begin manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has established a committee to formulate a concrete plan for vaccine development and manufacturing in Ghana<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghana began its coronavirus vaccination drive on March 2, 2020, with 600,000 AstraZeneca doses it received from the global COVAX vaccine-sharing facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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