According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has received over 1,000 complaints of adverse effects from people who have been vaccinated against the Covid-19.
There are individuals who were vaccinated within 12 days of the COVID-19 vaccine exercise’s first step.
The reactions and reports received by the EPI and the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) were fever, sweating, headache, fatigue, chills, and body aches, which were all predicted, according to Dr Kwame Amponsa-Achino, the EPI’s Program Manager.
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The reports, according to the Program Manager, were similar to reactions and adverse reports from other nations, as well as what the manufacturer claimed in the vaccine packaging detail.
According to Dr. Amponsa-Achiano, the FDA received the majority of the complaints via the complaints call number on the vaccine card, the Med App, and a complaints connection provided by the FDA.
He said that as of 1900 hours on Sunday, March 14, approximately 404,000 people had received their first COVID-19 vaccine shot in the 43 districts designated for the first process.
Front-line health professionals, seniors aged 60 and over, and people with underlying health problems such as diabetes, kidney failure, asthma, and cancer are among those who have been vaccinated.
Frontline police forces, frontline government employees, the media, and other frontline formal business staff are among the others.
According to Dr. Amponsa-Achiano, a total of 20 million Ghanaians are projected to be vaccinated against the virus, with females accounting for around 62% of those who have been vaccinated so far.
Around 58,000 people with pre-existing health problems, 91,000 adults aged 60 and over, 68,000 health professionals, 23,000 frontline security forces, and more than 48,000 essential care providers have undergone their first vaccinations, according to him.
More than 12,000 members of the Executive, Judiciary, and Legislature, as well as 60,000 teachers aged 60 and over, 3,000 members of the public, and 72,000 common people, were vaccinated.
Wearing a nasal mask, practicing social distancing, washing hands with soap under running water, or sanitizing hands regularly are all COVID-19 safety precautions, according to Dr. Amponsah-Achiano.
Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses found in many animals. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they are zoonotic in rare cases, meaning they can be transmitted from animals to humans.
It has a four-to-six-day incubation period and is fatal, particularly to those with a weakened immune system, the elderly, and the very young.
Pneumonia and bronchitis are also possible outcomes.
SOURCE: ATLFMONLINE
