COVID-19: Ghana to receive 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines this week
The GHS said the procurement will calm fears of persons earmarked to receive second vaccine jabs
Jonas Danquah 
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the country will receive three hundred thousand (300,000) doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines this week.
According to the Programme Manager for the Expanded Programme on Immunization at GHS, Dr. Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, the expected procurement will allay the fears of Ghanaians on the second dose of vaccination.
“We are getting some vaccines this week and we will definitely start with those who started first. For the DRC one, it is 350,000 doses. We may have additional ones", he said as quoted by pulsegh.
The government has faced challenges in procuring additional vaccines to meet the initial eight-week window given to persons who received the first jab, to get their second dose.
However, according to the GHS boss, Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye, there has been a revision in the initial vaccination policy for those who have taken the first dose to receive their second jabs in 12 weeks, instead of eight weeks.
This, he said, is a result of the efficacy of the first dose, explaining that the first jab has about 76% protection for about 90 days, which coincides with the revised 12 weeks.
