The 350,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in Accra aboard a Turkish Airline flight.
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Ghana receives 350,000 AstraZeneca second dose of COVID-19 vaccines [Photos]
The second dose of the COVID-19 vaccines has arrived in the country on Friday, May 7, 2021.
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Earlier, the Ghana Health Service said over 800,000 Ghanaians have been vaccinated against COVID-19 across the country so far.
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The mass vaccination programme started in March in Accra and has since been extended to other regions.
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Ghana was the first country to receive vaccines from Covax, an initiative that aims to provide at least 2 billion free doses to lower-income countries.
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It had only taken delivery of 600,000 out of an expected 2.4 million doses, when India's export restrictions affected supplies to 60 countries, including 38 in Africa.
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