General News of Tuesday, 15 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• There's been a shortage of Coronavirus vaccines on the global market• Due to this, government of Ghana has resorted to the use of middlemen to procure coronavirus vaccines• Dr Okoe-Boye has explained that scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines a global challengeMember of Ghana’s COVID-19 response team, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye has noted that government is doing everything possible to secure more Coronavirus vaccines for its inoculation program. Admitting that the acquisition process is fraught with challenges, the former deputy Health Minister said Ghana was facing a global problem. Dr Okoe-Boye furthered that government is engaging directly with other European countries that have doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines to sell to Ghana at a moderate price. Ghana has so far vaccinated close to a million citizens with two batches of AstraZeneca vaccines from the global equitable vaccine distribution platform, COVAX. Dr Okoe-Boye opined that government must be lauded for taking this step because it is for the betterment of Ghanaian and the nation at large.

Source: GhanaWeb June 15, 2021 09:11 UTC