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Covid-19: Ghana takes delivery of more AstraZeneca vaccines

The Government of Ghana has taken delivery of extra 249,600 doses of the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility. The double-schedule vaccines were donated...
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COVID-19 vaccine: Drunkards Association sends strong message to GHS [ Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Drunkards Association send strong message to GHS The Ghana Drunkards Association has said its members cannot comply with the one week ban on...

Ghanaians must be hallucinating to think Agyeman-Manu executed botched vaccine deal without Akufo-Addo’s approval...

The former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has cast doubt that the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, is the only government official involved in the botched...
Dr. Dacosta Aboagye, Government COVID-19 team

COVID-19: GHS starts administering Johnson and Johnson vaccines

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun administering the Johnson and Johnson vaccines. The Director of Health Promotion at the GHS, Dr Aboagye DaCosta, revealed...

COVID-19: GHS to begin offering Johnson & Johnson vaccine shots from Friday

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is expected to begin giving out jabs of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the COVID-19 virus in the...

Nurse accused of replacing COVID-19 vaccines with saline solution

Authorities in Northern Germany have appealed to thousands of people to get another shot of the Covid vaccine. This was after a police investigation found...

Dubai Sheikh refunds Ghana’s money after botched Sputnik vaccine deal

The Emirati at the centre of the botched Sputnik V vaccine deal, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, has fulfilled his promise to refund $ 2,470,000 to...

Ofori-Atta has this to say about Sputnik vaccine brouhaha

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed reservations over calls for the resignation and dismissal of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, over the botched...
Director-General for the Ghana Health Service Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye

We cannot rely on free vaccines alone – Dr Kuma Aboagye

The Director-General of Ghana Health Services, Dr Kuma Aboagye, has warned that continuous over-reliance on free vaccines from donors will not help Ghana get...

Sputnik V vaccine: Sheikh Maktoum agrees to refund $2.4m to Ghana

The Dubai-based businessman, who was contacted by the Ministry of Health for the botched procurement of 300,000 doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine,...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presents 2019 Budget

Sputnik V vaccine saga: Sammy Gyamfi implicates Ken Ofori-Atta

The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused Finance Minister as the “chief culprit” in the botched Sputnik V...

Manasseh Azure goes after Ken Ofori-Atta over Sputnik V vaccines brouhaha

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has waded into the Sputnik Covid-19 vaccines brouhaha. Ghanaians are mounting pressure on Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu to resign following...
Minister for Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu

Sputnik vaccine deal: Dubai Sheikh to refund $2,470,000 to Ghana

The Emirati at the centre of the botched Sputnik V vaccine deal, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, has announced plans to refund $2,470,000 to...

Covid-19 vaccine: Govt receives over 177,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson [Photos]

The government has taken delivery of 177,600 doses of the single-shot Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The procurement was done under the African Vaccine Acquisition...

COVID-19: I should have gotten the damn vaccine – Dad sends heartbreaking text before...

A Las Vegas dad, who had been battling COVID-19, reportedly sent his fiancée a heartbreaking text, which read: "I should have gotten the damn...

FDA approves two more Covid-19 vaccines

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has approved two more Covid-19 vaccines for importation, distribution, and use in Ghana. The two vaccines are Moderna (Spikevax)...

‘Attorney-General advised Health Ministry against buying Sputnik V vaccines from middleman’

Attorney-General Godfred Dame says some clauses in the Health Ministry’s $64 million contract with Dubai-based businessman Sheik Al-Mahktoum, to supply Sputnik V vaccines to...

Man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines dies of virus [Photo]

A California man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines on social media has died after a month-long battle with the virus. Stephen Harmon, a member of the...
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US to roll out 25 million vaccines for Africa by August

The United States of America (USA) says there is no strings attached to its global health support for Worldwide Covid-19 vaccines. The U.S. believes that...

Sputnik V Vaccine deal: Agyeman-Manu must resign or be sacked – CSO

The African Center for Health Policy Research and Analysis believes the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, must no longer be at post after he side-stepped...

Govt has terminated Sputnik vaccines contract with middleman – Minister [Audio]

The Health Minister says the government’s contract with middle-man Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum to supply the country with Sputnik V vaccines has been...
Minister for Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu

MoH takes delivery of vaccine storage equipment

The Ministry of Health has taken delivery of 16 ultra-negative cold chain pieces of equipment for vaccine storage. A global shipping and logistics company, United...

Pfizer CEO says third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months

Pfizer Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Albert Bourla, has said people will “likely” need a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated....

COVID-19: Ghana to receive 1.2 million Pfizer vaccines

Presidential Adviser on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, has revealed that Ghana is expecting about 1.2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine. According to him,...

Parliament sets up 9-member Ad hoc committee to probe procurement of Sputnik-V vaccines

Parliament has constituted a nine-member Special Ad hoc Committee to investigate government’s procurement of Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccines. The nine-Member Committee is chaired by the Deputy...
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COVAX aims to deliver 520 million vaccine doses to Africa this year

The global vaccine distribution scheme, COVAX, aims to deliver 520 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa this year, its managing director said, with supplies...

Sputnik vaccines: Speaker admits Minority’s motion for probe into deal

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has admitted a motion filed by seven Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) who are asking for a bi-partisan Committee...

COVID-19: Fake vaccine injectors arrested

Two people have been arrested in Uganda for giving out fake Covid-19 vaccines. One more is on the run. It is believed that they may...
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Covid vaccines donated to African countries are not recognised by EU travel certificate

The African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have voiced "concern" after it emerged that Europe's digital 'green pass' does...
Haruna Iddrisu

Sputnik vaccines: Minority files motion for probe into deal

The Minority in Parliament has filed a motion for a bipartisan probe into the procurement of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia through middlemen. Ghana, through...
Director-General for the Ghana Health Service Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye

AstraZeneca, Sputnik V vaccines potent against Covid-19 Delta variant – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has rejected claims that the vaccines procured by Ghana are not potent against the new Delta variant of the...

COVID-19: Philippines threaten to jail those who refuse vaccine

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, frustrated by the slow pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in his country, threatened people who refuse to get inoculated with jail...

Minority files motion for probe into Covid-19 vaccine procurement

Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has disclosed that his side has filed a motion for a bipartisan...

4 local pharmaceutical companies ready to undertake local packaging of Covid-19 vaccines

At least four local pharmaceutical manufacturers are ready to provide the Ghanaian market with Covid-19 vaccines. This is according to the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana...

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to be available in Ghana by August

Ghana is expected to receive its first batch of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines in August. This follows the approval by Ghana’s Food and Drugs...

Sputnik V vaccines: Dr Kofi Amoah raises questions

Business magnate, Dr Kofi Amoah, is asking for more clarity on the purchase of Sputnik V vaccine. He said the government must provide more information about the...

COVID-19: Akufo-Addo admits challenges in vaccine procurement

JoyNews/AdomNews · Akufo-Addo admits government is facing challenges in procurement of Covid-19 vaccines President Akufo-Addo has admitted that government is facing challenges in the procurement...

Ghana set to produce its own vaccine [Video]

The Presidential Advisor on Health has hinted that Ghana is set to produce its own Covid-19 vaccines. Speaking to Emefa Apau on JoyNews’ The Probe,...

Covid-19: World Bank supports Ghana with $200m for vaccines

World Bank has approved a $200 million Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project Second Additional Financing to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccines for...

Kwaku Baako reacts to controversial Sputnik vaccines deal

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide has raised red flags on the government’s move to procure some Sputnik vaccines in order to attain...