She’s foiled in mugging of woman

A mugger beat and dragged a woman who wouldn’t give up her purse in a wild caught-on-video struggle at a Brooklyn subway station — then did a quick change of clothes to evade capture, cops said.

The robber, dressed in a blue hoodie with white stars, a scarf and a mask, lunged toward the unsuspecting 60-year-old victim, who was using a MetroCard machine at the 86th St. N-train station in Gravesend about 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

The victim wouldn’t let go of the purse and the two women fought over the bag for several seconds before the crook knocked the victim to the ground.

The mugger punched and kicked the victim repeatedly and dragged her on the floor of the subway station, eventually giving up empty-handed, surveillance video released by cops shows.

The crook ran into a nearby business, changed her clothes, and shoved what she was wearing during the robbery into a plastic bag that she then tossed onto a nearby street, cops said.

The victim, who suffered bruises and swelling to her face and body, got herself to Maimonides Medical Center for treatment.

Ghana on Wednesday received 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine through COVAX, a World Health Organization initiative aimed at providing equal access to the coronavirus treatment for all countries.

The shots, developed by the Serum Institute of India, were dropped off at Kotoka International Airport, in the African nation’s capital of Accra, by UNICEF. The delivery marked the first batch of vaccines destined for low- and middle-income nations through a global inoculation campaign that medical experts hope will help bring an end to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis.

There are another 92 countries awaiting the free vaccines they’ve been promised through the COVAX plan, which is also run by Gavi, a vaccine group; and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. An additional 90 countries and eight territories have also said they would pay to receive doses of the COVID treatment through the United Nations program.

In a statement Wednesday, Ghana’s representatives for UNICEF and the World Health Organization described the arrival of the COVAX vaccines as a “momentous occasion.”

“After a year of disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... the path to recovery for the people of Ghana can finally begin,” read the statement.