General News of Friday, 11 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Another company has been given a contract to supply the country with Sputnik-V vaccine• This new company is charge US$26 per dose• The company is expected to supply the country with 5 million doses of Sputnik-V vaccineIt has been revealed that the Government of Ghana has contracted SL Global Limited to purchase five million doses of Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine for Ghana at US$26 per dose for five months. The supplier, according to a JoyNews report, was contracted by Ghana’s Ministry of Health with a Ghanaian company serving as the intermediary to deliver the vaccines in batches, thus, one million doses each month until the fifth month. Verden Gang (VG) in its report said Ghana has signed the purchase contract for 3.4 million doses of the vaccine after it received an initial 16,000 doses from two businessmen on March 3, 2021. They announce that they have reached an agreement regarding the purchase of 3.4 million vaccine doses. On his part, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, Chairman of Parliamentary Health Committee said, the government has not been swindled in the deal to procure the Sputnik-V vaccine.

Source: GhanaWeb June 11, 2021 06:11 UTC