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I look forward to publicly taking my COVID-19 jab - Okudzeto Ablakwa

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 3:57 PM by Mohammed Awal

- The pandemic which was first reported in China has disrupted a lot of things, leading to many deaths

- It has also led to the institution of internal lockdowns and closure of borders

- Ghana is expected to take delivery of its first batch of vaccines this week

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MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, said he would take the COVID-19 vaccine jab publicly when it gets to his turn.

I look forward to publicly taking my COVID-19 jab - Okudzeto Ablakwa Photo credit: Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa
Source: Facebook

“I look forward to publicly receiving the jab,” he stated.

The former Deputy Education Minister’s pledge followed reports that Ghana was expecting the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccines in the country this week.

The country is one of the 145 countries of the UN-led COVAX Facility earmarked to take delivery of 2.4 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine licensed to the Serum Institute of India (AZ/SII).

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Over 200 million dollars is being spent to procure the vaccines, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) revealed.

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s advisor on health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, said no Ghanaian would pay a dime before taking the COVID-19 vaccine.

“It is free to the ordinary citizen,” he stated in an interview monitored by YEN.com.gh on Accra-based Asaase Radio on Monday, February 22, 2021.

Dr. Nsiah Asare said the country was supposed to get about 20% of those vaccines which are about six million.

He further noted that the country is getting vaccines from bilateral organisations as well as the private sector which agreed to give vaccines for the corporate organisations, “but they will also give the government the same amount of vaccines.”

YEN.com.gh earlier reported that Ghana signed on to a consignment of the Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.

This emergency authorization was captured in a press statement by the Russian Government which states the Ghana government had “granted an emergency authorization” of the vaccine, Reuters News Agency reported. Ghana has had 80,253 cases of the virus and 577 deaths.