On Sunday, February 6, more than 500,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination landed at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport.
Since September 2021, the United States has given 7.6 million COVID-19 vaccination shots to Ghana.
These vaccinations are being used to protect Ghanaians from serious illness and to save lives across the country.
In December alone, the Ghana Health Service vaccinated approximately three million citizens.
U.S. Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan visited a Ghana Health Service facility this week to promote National COVID-19 Immunization Days, accompanied by Ghana Health Service Director-General Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye and other Ghana Health Service officials.
She joined the effort to urge individuals who are eligible to be vaccinated now and praised the community health workers who have been on the front lines administering vaccines, debunking misinformation, and addressing vaccine reluctance.
“We are all in this together. The United States has provided over 7 million vaccine doses to Ghana. I know that Ghana has made an incredible effort at getting the vaccines out to people. We are here to encourage public health workers, here, throughout Ghana and around the world, who have been doing an incredible job… also to assure people that these vaccines are safe and effective. They will help protect you, your family, and your community,” noted U.S. Ambassador Sullivan while visiting the vaccination clinic in Teshie, Greater Accra, late last week.
The United States has already distributed 7,605,580 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Ghanaians.
President Joe Biden has pledged to provide 1.2 billion doses globally.
The US government has now sent over 400 million doses, including roughly 119 million to 43 Sub-Saharan African countries.
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SOURCE: 3NEWS
