{"id":29428,"date":"2021-09-24T07:39:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T07:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=29428"},"modified":"2021-09-24T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T07:40:10","slug":"covid-vaccinations-continue-today-with-astrazeneca-jabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=29428","title":{"rendered":"COVID vaccinations continue today with AstraZeneca jabs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The COVID-19 vaccine rollout will continue today starting with jabs of the AstraZeneca vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This phase of the exercise is open to the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPersons 18 years or older who have never received a vaccine or have received only one dose of AstraZeneca are to participate in this exercise,\u201d the Ghana Health Service said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Moderna vaccine was expected to be part of the rollout but the Service gave no update on its use in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2021, Ghana started the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines beginning with AstraZeneca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of September 23, 1,643,172 vaccine doses had been administered in Ghana, with some persons only receiving the first doses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country has 777,750 persons fully vaccinated, which is way short of the government\u2019s target of 20 million by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghana has so far secured over 3.2 million vaccines, some of which are yet to be rolled out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the Astrazeca jabs available, Ghana has&nbsp;1.2 million Moderna vaccines and over 500,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccines in waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States government is also set to donate 1.3 million Pfizer vaccines to Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cumulatively, Ghana has recorded 126,146 cases of the virus with 1,139 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Active cases have slowly been dropping with the 4,358 recorded last week reducing to 4,015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Find below the full statement<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"987\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-24-at-06.20.32-987x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-24-at-06.20.32-987x1024.png 987w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-24-at-06.20.32-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-24-at-06.20.32-768x797.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-24-at-06.20.32-750x778.png 750w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-24-at-06.20.32-1140x1182.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-24-at-06.20.32.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Send your news stories to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 vaccine rollout will continue today starting with jabs of the AstraZeneca vaccine. 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