Tag: vaccination
Botswana prioritizes the elderly above 75 for vaccination
Botswana has adjusted its COVID-19 vaccination rollout by giving priority to the elderly above the age of 75, a health official said on Wednesday.
Due...
Zimbabwe suspends June 2021 school examinations due to COVID-19
The Zimbabwean government on Wednesday announced the suspension of the June 2021 locally-run Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examinations, citing disturbances due to the...
Kadjebi begins vaccination of some 496 health workers
The Kadjebi District Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has begun the vaccination of 496 workers who are at higher risk of contracting...
Health workers in Dormaa Central Municipality receive COVID-19 jab
The vaccination of health workers in the Dormaa Central Municipality against the COVID-19 has commenced.
The exercise, which started on Thursday March 25,...
Vaccination of health workers in Akatsi South for COVID-19 on-going
Dr George Nyarko, the Akatsi South Municipal Director of Health Services, has expressed satisfaction at the COVID -19 vaccination exercise for the first target...
As third wave looms and EU leaders to debate ways to step up vaccination
dpa/GNA - EU leaders are to search for pandemic strategy solutions on Thursday under immense pressure due to Covid-19 vaccine shortages and a...
Vaccination of 14,450 health workers in the Volta Region takes-off
The government has begun vaccinating health workers in the Volta Region as part of measures to protect frontline personnel leading the fight against COVID-19...
NCCE allays public fears of adverse effect of vaccination
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in Birim South District has reached out to artisans, clients and shoppers on the safety of the...
Zimbabwe expands high-risk groups targeted for priority vaccination
Workers in the hospitality and tobacco industries will be prioritized for vaccination alongside teachers as Zimbabwe steps up COVID-19 vaccination, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa...
COVID-19: 1,000 reports received on adverse effects of vaccination
The Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has received about a 1,000 reports of adverse effects from...
Classical Naturopathy Medicine is not against Vaccination
Naturopathy and Public health are analogous! Public health is rooted in the foundation of Naturopathic Principles such as prevention. Hence, vaccination is Naturopathy as...
More than 4,000 people receive vaccination at Atwima-Nwabiagya South
A total of 4,911 people have so far been inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine in the Atwima-Nwabigya South Municipality of the Ashanti region.
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SONA: Government to establish 14 medical waste centres
The Government Tuesday announced plans to establish 14 treatment sites to ensure the proper management and disposal of medical waste.
President Nana Addo Dankwa...
Ghana expects 2 million COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX by end of May
Ghana is expecting 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility by the end of May for its mass vaccination program,...
Bono NCCE trains staff on COVID-19 Vaccination
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) Bono Region has organised training for staff on the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination.
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Journalists in Kumasi call on the public to take the covid-19 vaccine
Some journalists in the Kumasi metropolis have appealed to the public to disregard the negative perceptions about the covid-19 vaccine and to avail themselves...
COVID-19: Calvary Baptist Church encourages members to vaccinate
Calvary Baptist Church Adenta (CBCA), has encouraged her members to go for the COVID-19 vaccination and help break the chain of transmission in...
Health directorate whip-up enthusiasm on COVID-19 vaccine
The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Health directorate has initiated COVID-19 stakeholder engagement to whip-up enthusiasm among the first batch of people to take the COVID-19 vaccination...
Ghana Airports Company commences vaccination of frontline staff
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has started vaccinating all frontline staff at the Kotoka International Airport.
A statement copied to...
Ghana Kicks Starts Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Today
COVID-19 vaccination begins today in 43 districts in three regions of the country.
The regions are: Greater Accra-25 districts, Ashanti-16 districts and Central-two districts.
This will...
Tema ready for COVID-19 vaccination
The Tema West Municipal Health Directorate on Monday said it was read to vaccinate qualified persons in the first phase of the national vaccination...
Italy looking into producing more Covid-19 vaccines domestically
dpa/GNA - Italy's new government wants to accelerate the pace of vaccination against Covid-19 and is therefore looking into producing vaccines domestically.
The...
COVID-19: Greater Accra and Kumasi to receive vaccine first
Residents in Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions will be the first to be vaccinated in the country against COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service (GHS)...
Young Boxing Champion Joseph Awinongya Jr To Convert To Nursing Practice
Joseph Awinongya Jr the exciting young fighter with 7 national boxing championships to his name has announced that he would like to become a...
President Kagame is Right: Africa Must Get Covid-19 Vaccinations
It is Morally and Economically Just.
February 9, 2021
The Guardian on February 7, published an insightful statement from Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, on the importance...
Poll: Almost half of Bulgarians don’t want coronavirus vaccine
dpa/GNA - Almost half of Bulgarians are against getting a coronavirus vaccination, according to a poll reported by local media on Tuesday.
Some 46...
China pledges safety, effectiveness as vaccination to be carried out nationwide
China's State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19 has ordered the strict inspection of vaccine quality, safety and smooth cold-chain transportation, as...
U.S. states shutting down prisons as COVID-19 sickens guards
Battered by a wave of coronavirus infections and deaths, local jails and state prison systems around the United States have resorted to a drastic...
China begins vaccination sign-ups
By Global Times staff reporters
Signing up to receive the vaccine against COVID-19 has begun in China, as the Global Times has learned that...
EU regulator to issue decision on Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is set to present its assessment of the vaccine manufactured jointly by BioNTech and Pfizer on Monday, which is...