Ghana received 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Friday to enable them start offering second doses of the shot after it nearly ran out.
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The health ministry disclosed this yesterday saying the West African country was the first to receive vaccines from the World Health Organisation-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing scheme in February and kicked off its vaccination campaign in early March.
The 350,000 doses it received on Friday were part of a batch of 1.7 million doses the COVAX scheme delivered to the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 2.
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