The World Bank has approved $200 million for Ghana as to help finance COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project. COVID-19: World Bank supports Ghana with $200m for emergencies and vaccinesSource: UGCIt also aims at strengthening the Ghanaian health system to make it more resilient and also to be able to withstand pandemics in the future. In a statement, the World Bank Country Director, Pierre Laporte, said “The World Bank is happy to support this second additional financing given the importance of preventing deaths and reducing transmission of COVID-19 among the population by providing access to COVID-19 vaccines towards accelerating economic and social recovery in Ghana. He stated that the world bank is aware of the continuing difficulties in having access to COVID-19 vaccines and logistics due to the global vaccine market challenges. The Ministry of Health in a statement explained that the vaccines were bought at that price for some peculiar reasons.

Source: GhanaWeb June 13, 2021 07:30 UTC