Ghana president gets world’s 1st Covax jab as US eyes J&J vaccine rollout

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the first recipient of a Covid vaccine under the global Covax scheme, as US health workers prepared to distribute nearly four million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab. Covax, a scheme to ensure that poorer countries do not miss out on vaccines, is aiming to deliver at least two billion doses by the end of 2021 The drive is using 5,04,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India.
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