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Today, #Ghana🇬🇭 became the first country to receive #COVID19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility.

This is a 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 towards our goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally. #VaccinEquity
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On 23 February, COVAX shipped 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford #COVID19 vaccine, from the @SerumInstIndia from Pune, #India🇮🇳 to Accra, #Ghana🇬🇭, arriving on the morning of 24 February

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#VaccinEquity

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The Accra batch is the first shipped & delivered in Africa by the COVAX Facility as part of an unprecedented effort to deliver at least 2 billion doses of #COVID19 vaccines by the end of 2021 - what will be the largest vaccine procurement & supply operation in history.

COVAX is co-led by @gavi, WHO and @CEPIvaccines, working in partnership with @UNICEF as well as the @WorldBank, civil society organizations, manufacturers, and others. #VaccinEquity

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