A Vaccine Expert with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Research in Accra, Dr Kusi Kwadwo Asamoah, has cautioned the Ghanaian public against mixing the AstraZeneca vaccine with the Sputnik V vaccine.
He advised the public to ask questions when going in for the second jab in order to know which type of vaccine they are going to be injected with to avoid mixing different vaccines in the body.
Dr Asamoah further explained that the Sputnik Vaccine comes in two different forms because when one takes the first jab, the second is assured unlike the AstraZeneca that the second jab comes some days later after the first jab.
"So anyone who takes the AstraZeneca vaccine should make sure you don't mix it with Sputnik vaccine. Because there is still ongoing research work yet to be completed to confirm the health safety of human that after taking AstraZeneca as the first jab you may tale Sputnik as the second jab," he told Kasapa 102.5 FM.
Dr Kusi Kwadwo Asamoah disclosed that the World Health Organization and all vaccine manufacturers have also advised that after taking the Sputnik vaccine you must go in for the same Sputnik vaccine for the second jab and not any other vaccine.
Ghana was the first country in the world to receive 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX facility. Later the government also took 60,000 doses from the Indian government and 165,000 doses from one of Ghana's Telecommunication giants MTN.