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WHO / GHANA COVAX ROLLOUT
STORY: WHO / GHANA COVAX ROLLOUT
TRT: 5:03
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 MARCH 2021, ACCRA, GHANA
1. Wide shot, Accra’s East Municipal Hospital
2. Various shots, people in the waiting room of the East Municipal Hospital
3. Med shot, Alphonse Beckley, 62, receiving a dose of COVID-19 vaccine
4. Med shot, Alphonse Beckley, 62, receiving a COVID-19 vaccination card
5. Med shot, Alphonse Beckley, 62, showing a COVID-19 vaccination card
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Alphonse Beckley, COVID-19 vaccine recipient:
“I must say, before it was very frightening. You know, you listen to the news and you watch maps of places that have the vaccination and places that haven’t got the vaccination and I must say that up until this vaccine arrived, we were very frightened because we did not have a clue what was going to happen. Then, the vaccine arrived and that has given us hope.”
7. Med shot, Dorothy Aku, 45, receiving a dose of COVID-19 vaccine
8. Med shot, Dorothy Aku, 45, showing COVID-19 vaccination card
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dorothy Aku, COVID-19 vaccine recipient:
“Everybody is excited, everybody I speak to is very excited and most people are very happy to come and take the vaccine, and for me, I am ready for the second vaccination.”
10. Various shots, Florence Awuku, 70, entering East Municipal Hospital
11. Various shots, Florence Awuku, 70, receiving a dose of COVID-19 vaccine
12. Various shots, Florence Awuku, 70, receiving a COVID-19 vaccination card
13. Med shot, Florence Awuku, 70, showing her COVID-19 vaccination card
14. SOUNDBITE (English) COVID-19 vaccine recipient,Florence Awuku:
“I am very happy that it [the COVID-19 vaccine] has been here because it [COVID-19] is killing many people. Everybody should come and take it. It is serious, everybody should take it serious.”
15. Med shot, nurse preparing a dose of COVID-19 vaccine
16. Med shot, nurse vaccinating
17. Various shots, health worker Abigail Sarpong receiving a dose of COVID-19 vaccine
18. Various shots, health worker Abigail Sarpong receiving a COVID-19 vaccination card
19. Med shot, health worker Abigail Sarpong showing a COVID-19 vaccination card
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Abigail Sarpong, Health worker:
“The vaccine is very painless, because I really did not feel much pain during the vaccination. And I think this vaccine is very important to reduce the number of deaths and the number of people falling sick. And as health workers, it is going to reduce our work load as well.”
21.Various shots, registered nurse at Ga East Hospital Nicholas Mensah receiving a dose of COVID-19 vaccine
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Mensah, Registered Nurse at Ga East Hospital:
“As a frontliner, you know, we have more exposure to the positive cases, so it reduces our risk of getting infected and also reinforce the workforce. Once we are all healthy and on the ward, our workforce will be at the maximum.”
On February 23, COVAX shipped 600 000 doses of the AstraZeneca / Oxford COVID-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune, India to Accra, Ghana, arriving on the morning of February 24. The arrival in Accra was the first batch shipped and delivered in the region by the COVAX Facility. Vaccination started on March 2, which has brought hope, joy and relief to many people in the country.
SOUNDBITE (English) Alphonse Beckley, COVID-19 vaccine recipient:
“I must say, before it was very frightening. You know, you listen to the news and you watch maps of places that have the vaccination and places that haven’t got the vaccination and I must say that up until this vaccine arrived, we were very frightened because we did not have a clue what was going to happen. Then, the vaccine arrived and that has given us hope.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Dorothy Aku, COVID-19 vaccine recipient:
“Everybody is excited, everybody I speak to is very excited and most people are very happy to come and take the vaccine and for me, I am ready for the second vaccination.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Florence Awuku, COVID-19 vaccine recipient:
“I am very happy that it has been here because it is killing many people. Everybody should come and take it. It is serious, everybody should take it serious.”
More than 80 700 Ghanaians have been infected with COVID-19, resulting in more than 580 deaths in the country. With the start of COVID-19 vaccinations in Ghana, the path to recovery has begun. Health workers, people over the age of 60 and people with underlying health conditions are due to be prioritized for vaccination.
WHO is advocating for global vaccine equity, with a goal that vaccination of health workers and older people is underway in all countries within the first 100 days of 2021. As members of this priority group and first recipients, health workers of Accra foresee a brighter future.
SOUNDBITE (English) Abigail Sarpong, Health worker:
“The vaccine is very painless, because I really did not feel much pain during the vaccination. And I think this vaccine is very important to reduce the number of deaths and the number of people falling sick. And as health workers, it is going to reduce our work load as well.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Mensah, Registered Nurse at Ga East Hospital:
“As a frontliner, you know, we have more exposure to the positive cases, so it reduces our risk of getting infected and also reinforce the workforce. Once we are all healthy and on the ward our workforce will be at the maximum.
COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and WHO working in partnership with developed and developing country vaccine manufacturers, UNICEF, the World Bank, and others. It is the only global initiative that is working with governments and manufacturers to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are available worldwide to both higher-income and lower-income countries.
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