Yellow fever vaccination begins in Savannah Region
As a measure to curb the further spread of Yellow fever, the Ghana Health Service has embarked on an extensive vaccination exercise in the Savannah Region after 16 people lost their lives due to yellow fever.
This follows an initial announcement by the service about the outbreak of the disease in the Region on October 29, 2021.
So far the outbreak has been recorded in the West Gonja Municipality and North Gonja District of the Region.
As of yesterday November 12, the death toll had increased to 16 with others in critical condition.
A vaccination exercise has been commenced by the Ghana Health Service to bring the disease under control especially in the two most affected municipalities with the hope of extending the exercise across all the regions.
According to the Disease Control Officer of the Ghana Health Service Mr Thomas Suuri in the Savannah Region, about 90% of residents in affected communities in the North Gonja District have been vaccinated.
“Now the deaths are 16, we have just rolled out the vaccination against Yellow Fever in the two districts where they have recorded the cases. We have started with communities that reported the cases for now, and we have covered about 96% of the North Gonja affected communities, and about 60% of the affected communities in the West Gonja Municipality, so from these areas we hope to vaccinate all residents of the region.”
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
