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Ghana president receives world’s first free Covax jab
ACCRA, March 1, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo on
Monday became the world’s first recipient of the coronavirus vaccine from
Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free for
poorer countries.
“It is important that I set the example that this vaccine is safe by being
the first to have it, so that everybody in Ghana can feel comfortable about
taking this vaccine,” the 76-year old president said before receiving a shot
of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in a live broadcast.
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