BONO REGIONAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE COMMENCES COVID-19 VACCINATION COMPAIGN AHEAD OF XMAS

The Bono Regional Health Directorate has commenced the fifth round of the National Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign.

This comes following a directive from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to embark on mass Covid-19 vaccination ahead of the Christmas festivities.

Speaking on Suncity Morning Drive, the Bono Regional Health Promotion Officer, Nana Ama Gyankomah Asirifi indicated that the mass vaccination exercise aims at preventing a possible surge in cases of Covid-19 during and after the Christmas festivities.

 “We are embarking on this mass vaccination exercise to help reduce a possible spread of the Covid-19 virus and prevent people from dying should they contract the virus. “ She said.

She urged the public especially pregnant women and children aged fifteen and above who are not vaccinated to take advantage of the exercise to get vaccinated.

Nana Ama Gyamkomah revealed that trained nurses will be dispatched to various lorry stations, corporate institutions, and homes to administer the vaccine.