General News of Saturday, 14 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ghana has taken delivery of its first batch of 177,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine• The GHS warns against plans by people who have already taken the AstraZeneca vaccine to also take the Johnson & Johnson doses• The government is to receive another batch of AstraZeneca vaccines in SeptemberPersons who have already been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine but are intending to present themselves for inoculation with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been strongly advised against it. The Ghana Health Service says any such attempts could affect such persons medically, placing their lives at great risk. Dr. Kuma-Aboagye added that the country is to receive, in batches, 16.9 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines to augment the numbers that have already been vaccinated in the country. Already, on August 7, the country took delivery of the first batch of 177,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine which is coming from the Africa Union’s African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), the report added. In the meantime, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has indicated that the country will receive its next batch of AstraZeneca vaccines in early September.

Source: GhanaWeb August 14, 2021 10:52 UTC