The Deputy Central Regional Director of Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Kwabena Sarpong has disclosed that the Service is still getting people who are currently sick with COVID-19, indicating that the pandemic is not over at all.
“There is something about COVID-19 that we are not communicating very well to all of us because. If you get COVID-19 and you even suffer a mild disease like sneezing, fever headache for some people even after recovery they have complications including kidney, heart and sometimes brain problems that will stay with them for the rest of their life” he revealed.
According to Health Director, “that part is what makes this COVID-19 very dangerous for all of us because you cannot know that this person after recovery will have complications later by merely looking at the face. After recovery you are unable to tell if he or she will have a kidney, heart and brain conditions and it will stay with you for the rest of your life”.
At a stakeholders media engagement on COVID-19 Vaccination, he called on the general public especially all those who are eligible to take the COVID-19 vaccine to make sure they are well protected.
He stated that Central Regional Health Directorate and Health Management team across all the regions in this country are currently embarking on the national COVID-19 day campaigns to make sure GHS improves on the vaccine uptake within various communities.
Dr. Sarpong mentioned that 55% of 1.9Million eligible population in Central Region has taken one shot of vaccine with remaining 45% who have never taken the vaccine not even one shot.
“It is not only one shot you need but you need to get at least two shot to get the full protection. If even you have taken your two shot it doesn’t end there you are rather almost like somebody who has not taken the vaccine” Dr. Sarpong revealed.
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