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The first private facility for the testing of COVID-19 in the five regions in the north has been inaugurated at Fuo, near Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region.
The testing centre, an initiative of the privately-owned Fuo Community Hospital, is to augment government s effort in the testing and treatment of the virus in those areas of the country.
The testing machine known as PCR takes 45 minutes to complete a test, and can run one test at a time.
Inauguration
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Fuo Community Hospital, Alhaji Iddi Sumaila, told the media after last Thursday’s inauguration ceremony that the centre was established in collaboration with mPharma Ghana, a private entity that supplies health logistics.
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The Northern Region is reeling from a setback on the fight against the novel coronavirus.
Thousands of Covid-19 jabs deployed to the region as part of the ongoing vaccinations are due to expire by Friday, April 16, 2021.
According to the Regional Director for Public Health, Hilarius Abiwu, the first batch of AstraZeneca doses which were manufactured in October 2020, are expected to last for half a year.
“So effectively that’s six months will be on the 16th of this month,” he told the GBC.
According to him, a safety directive by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to hold off vaccinations a few days to the expire day means his outfit must halt administering jabs from today.
Tulsa Health Dept. Opens New Locations For COVID-19 Vaccinations
The Tulsa Health Department now has three new locations taking COVID-19 vaccine appointments.
The three new Tulsa Health Department vaccine clinic locations are the James Goodwin Health Center off East 51st Street and South 129th East Avenue, the Central Regional Health Center off Utica and East 3rd near downtown, and then the North Regional Health and Wellness Center near East 56th Street North and MLK.
The health department said if you want to make an appointment, you ll have to schedule it online when new slots are opened for the following week.
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