‘Let us go for COVID-19 booster to protect ourselves’ – Health Director  

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Mr Daniel Konka, the West Municipal Director of has advised people who have taken the double dose of the to go for the booster dose to protect themselves in the and beyond.

He said it was possible for those who had already been vaccinated to be still infected by the it they disregarded the and protocols.

“But hope is that such people will not die, but possibly be hospitalized because the vaccine will suppress the viral load, hence we must all go for the booster dose to finish our course,” he stated.

Mr. Konka gave the advice when Transformation 108 , an international non-governmental organization presented medical devices and equipment to the Dumasua in the .

The items included delivery beds, a vaccine storage refrigerator, a chest table, several mackintosh aprons and elbow utility gloves, Davon solutions, wound dressing kits, adult weighing and toddler scales, BP apparatus, chairs, and desktop and computers.

The Foundation which advocates the general well-being of the needy in society and promotes empowerment also renovated the (OPD) unit and maternity ward of the Centre and provided the facility with washrooms and potable drinking .

Mr. Konka regretted that despite the continuous public on , many people in the had still not gone for the , and advised those yet to take the vaccine to do so for their own safety.

He said COVID-19 had killed many people in the Municipality since 2020 and asked the public to disregard unfounded theories and myths surrounding the vaccine and make themselves available to be vaccinated.

“We still have enough vaccines available, and we plead with those who have not been vaccinated to do so to protect themselves and people around them and also help the spread of the virus in the yuletide,” Mr. Konka stated.

He thanked the for the items and appealed for more to help expand the facility to help meet the health needs of the people due to the rapid population growth in the area. Mr Jnana Chakus Das, the President of the Foundation and an indigene of the town, advised the Management of the facility to take care of and ensure that the items were used for the intended purposes.

Source: Dennis Peprah
Via: GNA

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