The Bono Region has received 7,500 doses of the Covid-19 vaccines to be administered to over 8,000 health workers in the region. A second consignment would soon arrive to cover the media, security personnel, and people with underlying diseases, as well as the general public.
Dr Ekow Otoo, a Deputy Bono Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in-charge of Public Health, made the disclosure on Sunyani-based Nimdee FM in an interview monitored by The Chronicle.
Dr. Ekow Otoo urged the general public to continue to comply with the health safety protocol to save themselves and the lives of others who may not get the chance to be vaccinated.
“Let me take the opportunity to remind the public to continue to observe all the Covid-19 protocols to save yourselves and others who may not get the opportunity to be vaccinated,” he said, and added that even though the Bono Region did not recorded large cases last year, one death was recorded, and that the region, this year alone, has recorded over 1,300 cases, with almost 30 deaths.
He assured the public of the safety of the vaccine, since it had been tested and approved to be safe and harmless. Dr. Ekow Otoo said all those who would be vaccinated after going through the registrations process will be monitored for about 15 minutes to see if there will be any reactions before they would be allowed to go home.
Dr. Ekow Otoo emphasised that taking one dose of the vaccine indicates that the person is partially protected, and another dose in two months will give full protection from the disease.
He asked those ready to be vaccinated to drink a lot of water and eat well to help minimise reactions after the injection.
Dr Otoo mentioned dizziness, headache, vomiting and swelling of the shoulder as some of the possible reactions, and asked the public to expect some of these mild reactions after the vaccination, adding that those who may have experienced the reactions for longer hours and days may visit the nearest hospital for further investigations.
He gave the assurance that even though taking the vaccine was not compulsory, the directorate was committed to ensuring that everyone got vaccinated to help built the individual’s immunity so that together the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic could be won.
In a related development, Dr. Fred Adomako-Boateng, Bono East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Services, has entreated the people in the region to do away with all fear surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine and get vaccinated to help check the spread of the disease in the area.
He expressed concern over the alarming rate of Covid-19 cases recorded in the region, particularly, this year, and stressed that the vaccine is the surest way of controlling the disease.
Dr. Fred Adomako-Boateng was speaking at the maiden Regional Annual Mid-Year Performance Review meeting of the Health Directorate at Kintampo in the Bono East Region.
It was under the theme “Continuity of Quality Services Delivery in the midst of Covid-19 .”
He urged the public not to entertain any fears since the country has been administering vaccines, including Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), polio and yellow fever without any negative health implication on record.
Dr. Anthony Boateng mentioned that the region, from January to February this year, had recorded over 400 cases with a death rate of 1.2 percent, adding that 5.7 percent of the infected people were less than 10 years old, whilst infected people over 60 years e eight percent. He said all the health workers who contracted the virus were alive and going about their official duties.
Dr Adomako-Boateng called for new measures to be put in place to help curb the mode of the spread of Covid-19, and urged the people to abide by the Covid-19 health safety protocols.
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