Tag: COVAX facility
Rollout of Africa’s COVID campaigns stalls, some 14.7 million vaccine doses administered
More than 14.7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the continent, but rollout campaigns have stalled in many countries.
As of...
COVID 19: First consignment of 600,000 vaccine doses exhausted
Almost all 600,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine received from the COVAX facility have been distributed in the first phase of the vaccination...
Somalia receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses
Somalia on Monday received the first shipment of 300,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 in the Horn...
WHO cautions Philippines not to ignore Covid vaccine priority
dpa/GNA – A senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday cautioned the Philippines against ignoring its priority list for the...
Malawi receives first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine
Malawi has received the first consignment of 360,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX Facility and the vaccination campaign is expected to...
Ghana to receive extra 2 million COVID-19 vaccines by May
Ghana will receive an additional two million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility by the end of May, this year.
That would boost the...
WHO salutes President Akufo-Addo for taking COVID-19 jab
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has lauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for showing leadership by taking...
Aviation This Week – February Edition 4
The last episode of ‘Aviation This Week’ for the last week in the month of February, features topical aviation news highlights from February 22...
UK extols Ghana over received Covid-19 vaccine
Mr Iain Walker, the United Kindom (UK) High Commissioner to Ghana, has commended the country for being the first in Africa to receive the...
COVID-19: Ghana to receive compensation for COVAX vaccine side effects
Ghana is among 92 countries that will receive a no-fault compensation claim of serious side effects for people who are vaccinated with a COVID-19...
Ghana to receive 350,000 AstraZeneca vaccines by mid-March
Ghana is expected to take delivery of 350,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March under the United Nations COVAX facility.
Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, the Health Minister-designate,...
Ghana makes advance market commitment for 2.4 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine
Ghana has made an Advance Market Commitment (AMC) for 2.4 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, licensed to Serum Institute of India (SII), according to...
Namibia minister says first batch of COVID-19 vaccines expected late-Jan. or Feb.
Namibia has paid around 30 million Namibia dollars (2 million U.S. dollars) to acquire the COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX facility, Health Minister Kalumbi...