Ghana first to receive vaccine supply from COVAX facility

  • February 25, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Ghana first to receive vaccine supply from COVAX facility

Subject: International Bodies

Context: Ghana received the world’s first delivery of coronavirus vaccines from the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative on Wednesday.

Concept:

  • It received 600000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine.
  • It is the beginning of the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
  • COVAX facility seeks to ensure people from less wealthy countries are not left behind in the race for life-saving vaccines

About COVAX:

https://optimizeias.com/covax-2/

Ghana first to receive vaccine supply from COVAX facility International Bodies