Claims of babies born without nose, ears, mouth due to galamsey at Aowin false – GHS LISTEN
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Ghana Health Service (GHS) has shot down claims that there is an increasing trend of babies born with deformities in the Sewum Health Center in the Aowin District of the Western North Region.
The Ghana Health Service in a statement said available data shows that there has not been any case of birth defect at the Sewum Health Center in 2021.
According to the service, three cases were instead recorded in different facilities in the municipality in the year 2020.
“The Regional Health Directorate has on record of two (2) cases of birth anomalies reported from Aowin municipality in 2021, and none from Sewum Health Centre,” the Ghana Health Service said in a statement.
13:44 | Cajamarca (Cajamarca region), May. 13. The Regional Health Directorate (Diresa) based in Cajamarca has received a batch of 25,740 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19, which will go to people over 80 in more than 13 provinces across this region, and more vaccination teams will be arranged to that end.
Diresa s Deputy Director Rocio Portal reported that the vaccines have been distributed to the provinces of Jaen (7,020 doses) and Cajamarca (18,720 doses) to close the vaccination gap for people over 80 years of age across 13 provinces. We have completed the vaccination of people over 80 years in the districts of Cajamarca and Baños del Inca, and we have started vaccinating people between 70 and 79 years, the official said.
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12:58 | Huancayo (Junin region), May. 13. The Regional Health Directorate (Diresa) of Junín is completing the immunization of 90% of older adults against COVID-19 in the districts of Concepcion, Quilcas, Hualhuas, San Jerónimo, and San Pedro de Saños.
Meanwhile, at the level of the other provinces, the vaccination of the octogenarian population goes on until next week when the administration of 100% of vaccine batches is expected to be completed.
Between May 10 and 11, a total of 443 people over 80 years of age in Concepcion district were immunized at the Municipal Coliseum or former bullring.
Likewise, elders were immunized in the districts of San Jeronimo (321 people), Hualhuas (117), San Pedro de Saños (123), Quilcas (128), and other districts belonging to Huancayo Province.
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