The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says those who took the first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccines between March 1 and 9, 2021 will have to go for the second jab from Wednesday, May 19, at the designated centres in 43 districts.
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the GHS, announced this at a media briefing in Accra on Tuesday, to update the public on the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
He said although 852,047 people were vaccinated and captured into the GHS database during the first phase, only 360,000 qualified for the second dose.
The second phase of the vaccination exercise is expected to take place from Wednesday, May 19 to May 26, 2021.
They included frontline health workers, persons with underlying health conditions, frontline security personnel, media practitioners and those who are 60 years and above, as well as members of the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary.
Dr Kuma-Aboagye explained that those who took the first dose should go to the vaccination centres with their unique COVID-19 Vaccination Card, but those whose cards are missing could still go there with any of the national ID cards, to facilitate easy searching of their names on the database.
He said the GHS had already sent text messages to those who were due for the second dose, and had specified the vaccination centre and the date one could visit the centre.