General News of Monday, 1 March 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comVaccine rollout: Who gets vaccinated and whenplay videoAstraZeneca vaccinesPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named four identifiable groups which will be receiving the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccines, which will be rolled out by the National Vaccine Deployment Plan from March 2. “Our population has been segmented into four groups, and this will determine which section of the population gets vaccinated at a particular time," President Akufo-Addo declared during his 24th Coronavirus address. He stated that the vaccination campaign is to be conducted in 43 districts, which are the epicentres of the pandemic in the country. There are 25 in Greater Accra, 16 in Ashanti, and two in the Central Region. Akufo-Addo said, “special arrangements will be made for persons with disabilities who fall within these groups.”

Source: GhanaWeb March 01, 2021 00:45 UTC