COVID-19-Bono RHD vaccinate 11, 547 in exercise

The Bono Regional Health Directorate says it has vaccinated a total of 11, 547 in the vaccination exercise.

This was disclosed by the Bono Regional Deputy Director for Public Health, Dr John Ekow Otoo.

Giving the statistics of the exercise, Dr Ekow Otoo stated that out of the 11, 547, 54/% were health workers, Security Agencies 6.4%, Traders 2.2%, Educational Workers 3.3%, Nursing Training Students 1.5%, Journalists 1.2%, and Famers 1%. The rest are the executives 0.8%, the Judiciary/legislature 0.5% and the unemployed 18.7%.

He was however quick to add that, among the 11, 547 on 35 persons reported minor side effects.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has however discarded over 500 expired Covid-19 vaccines in the Northern and Oti Regions as of last Friday.

This comes after residents of the two Regions displayed less interest in getting vaccinated although the service made several efforts to have the majority vaccinated.

Speaking at a media briefing, Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the service noted that the expiring date on the second vaccines received was close hence a plan to have the regions vaccinated immediately.

“All regions were able to use it except for 480 doses that were not being able to use in the Northern Region and 100 doses in Oti region.”

He explained that “the last 315,000 vaccines that were received, the second one, we received on March 30 and it expired on April 13.

Meanwhile, Ghana has recorded a significant drop in active Covid-19 cases, thus from over 8,000 to less than 1,000 between February and April 2021.

The Ghana Health Service is also giving assurance of the country receiving its second batch of vaccines by May this year.

Nana Ama Asiedu Bono Region