When coronavirus vaccines reach Upper West region- Samini asks

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Ghanaian Reggae and Dance hall artiste Emmanuel Andrews Samini, known by his stage name Samini, is asking when the covid-19 vaccines reach the Upper West region.                               According to him, he is currently based in Upper West and a lot of people including himself wants to get vaccinated.
He posted a tweet which read: “I’m in the upper Upper West region of Ghana ... #wa. I need to get vaccinated and my local people here do too .. my question to whom it may concern is, are we getting vaccines sent to the rural areas and if yes where can one go in Wa to get vaccinated pls?"

Ghana received its first vaccine consignment under the WHO-led COVAX initiative in late February with vaccination starting last month.

The Ministry of Health through the Ghana Health Service, GHS; slated the most impacted regions for initial deployment of the over 600,000 doses. Inoculations are ongoing in Greater Accra Ashanti and Central regions.

 

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