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Gov’t Assures Safe And Effective Vaccines As It Rolls Out Plans To Vaccinate 20m Citizens

Govt officials will publicly take doses of COVID-19 vaccines to demystify fear - Oppong Nkrumah LISTEN FEB 19, 2021 Some government officials will publicly take doses of the COVID-19 vaccines before the mass vaccination exercise to help demystify the public apprehension about the vaccine. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will next month begin a mass vaccination exercise with COVID-19 vaccines for selected segments of the population. The vaccines will first be administered to health care worke...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said it will deploy about 12, 500 vaccinators for the upcoming nationwide COVID-19 vaccination exercise.

Contrary to popular belief, taking Vitamin C supplements will not prevent an individual from catching Covid-19. It may however shorten the duration of a cold. This is according to Dr William Nii Ayitey Menson, Public Health Physician and Fellow in charge of Health and Equity at the Centre for Social Justice. Dr Menson was speaking at a webinar organized by the Centre for Social Justice, under the topic, Covid-19 vaccines in Ghana, Availability, the Science and the Myths. The webinar was held to...

Ghana rsquo;s vaccine deployment plan is expected to kick off in mid-March, two weeks earlier than initially planned.

Copyright © 2021 Enab Baladi. Enab Baladi is a nonprofit charitable 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID. 46-3313735 Only 20% of population to get COVID-19 vaccines—across three Syrian control territories Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine jab (Edited by Enab Baladi) Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine jab (Edited by Enab Baladi) Zeinab Masri| Saleh Malas| Nour al-Deen Ramadan Weeks have passed since countries worldwide started COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, administrating to the public one ty...

GCIS In a country with high unemployment, it was expected that SONA 2021 would provide a glimmer hope to subvert the poor socio-economic outcomes of unemployment, but the dream for many unemployed South Africans remains out of reach, writes  Sethulego Matebesi. In Langston Hughes’ poem, Harlem, the opening line poses a simple yet profound question: "What happens to a dream deferred?" Hughes then arrives at a provocative conclusion: "Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?"...

Public-private cooperation on the vaccine can address many issues.

The country has estimated to spend about GH¢294.5 million (approximately $51.7 million) to vaccinate the initial 20 million people.

Thousands of polio vaccine vials found dumped in Lahore godown National February 14, 2021 LAHORE: Thousands of vials of polio vaccine were found dumped in a godown in Shahdara area of the city on Saturday, raising questions about the safety and security of the medicine and the country’s ongoing fight against the crippling disease. “An official of Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) found thousands of vials of vaccines filled in 50 sacks in a scrap junkyard in Cheema Wala Khooh, Begum...