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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana began its coronavirus vaccination drive on Tuesday with 600,000 AstraZeneca doses it received from the global COVAX vaccine-sharing facility aimed at providing shots to developing nations to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>

A pack of AstraZeneca\/Oxford vaccines is seen as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, at the international airtport of Accra, Ghana February 24, 2021. REUTERS\/Francis Kokoroko\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

People lined up for shots outside the regional hospital in the capital, Accra, for a first phase of vaccinations which will prioritise frontline health workers and others at high risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so good about taking the vaccine. It will protect me from contracting the virus from patients,\u201d said Bernice Anaglatey, 42, who works in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Accra\u2019s Ridge Hospital as she queued for her shot.<\/p>\n

While western nations have secured millions of doses and launched mass vaccination drives, most poorer countries do not yet have access to any, raising concerns about equitable distribution of vaccines to fight the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Ghana was the first country to receive vaccines as part of the World Health Organization\u2019s COVAX sharing scheme aimed at pooling funds from wealthier nations and non-profits to deliver doses equitably around the world.<\/p>\n

COVAX aims to deliver over 1.3 billion vaccine doses to over 90 low- and middle-income countries by the end of the year, covering up to 20% of their populations.<\/p>\n

Only a handful of other African countries have started inoculations, with doses purchased bilaterally or received as donations.<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s neighbour Ivory Coast launched its COVID-19 inoculation drive on Monday with doses from COVAX.<\/p>\n

Vaccine deliveries through the COVAX scheme are expected to accelerate this week with 11 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines delivered to countries, some in Africa including Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s President Nana Akufo-Addo and his wife received the vaccine on Monday in an effort to boost public confidence ahead of the campaign, amid rumours and scepticism about vaccines. But scepticism remained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stories I heard about the vaccine have put fear in me,\u201d said Isaac Armah, a 28-year-old trader. \u201cI\u2019ll wait for about two months to see the effects of the vaccine on the early recipients, then I\u2019ll make up my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coronavirus infections in Ghana have surpassed 84,000 and more than 600 people have died, according to health ministry data.<\/p>\n

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