Ghana becomes the first nation to get covid vaccines under global covax initiative

Ghana on 24th February became the first country to receive vaccines from Covax, which is a global initiative to procure and distribute Covid-19 vaccines for free to poorer countries. Started in April 2020, Covax said it planned to ship two billion doses by year’s end. The 600,000 doses delivered to Ghana are the Oxford/AstraZeneca formula, made under license by the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India in Pune.