The inoculation exercise, which is being spearheaded by the Ghana Health Service, will see the Johnson & Johnson vaccines being administered across the region, augmenting the numbers who have already been vaccinated nationally. On Saturday, August 7, 2021, the government of Ghana took delivery of 177,600, being the first batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines in the country. The vaccines will be administered as single-shot doses to immunize citizens, to help curtail the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. A tweet posted on Saturday, August 7, 2021, read; "The government of Ghana today received over 177,600 the single-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccines procured under the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) initiative." Following that, the Ministry of Health has released lists of health outlets that persons can visit to be vaccinated.

Source: GhanaWeb August 15, 2021 14:03 UTC