Ghana President Receives World's First Free Covax Jab
Muhammad Irfan Published March 01, 2021 | 02:50 PM
Accra, March 1 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Mar, 2021 ) :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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