The Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has said over 10 million doses of the five Covid -19 vaccines have so far been administered to combat the pandemic as at 2nd February 2022.

 

A statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the FDA, Mrs Delese A. A. Darko, said the cumulative doses of the five vaccines consist of 6,979,491 doses of Oxford/ AstraZeneca, 1,354,527 of Pfizer, 1,054,371 of Moderna, 883,772 doses of Johnson & Johnson and 17,982 doses of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines.

 

The statement noted that at the Joint Covid-19 Vaccine Safety Review Committee (JCVSRC) 14th meeting held on 3rd February 2022, it reviewed all safety reports received from the vaccinations in the country including those from pregnant women and persons aged 15-17 years old who have recently been included in the vaccinations.

 

The committee concluded that there were no safety concerns with the vaccinations in the two newly included groups.

 

“Monitoring of all vaccine will continue with the same rigor as the FDA and EPI have done since COVID-19 vaccination started” the statement noted.

 

It further disclosed that the JCVSRC also reviewed cases of appetite loss reported as the side effect following vaccination with Janssen Covid-19 vaccine but concluded that there is no evidence for a causal relationship between the Jansen covid-19 vaccine and appetite loss but recommended continuous monitoring of this event by the FDA.

 

The statement concluded that the vaccine deployed in Ghana are safe and effective and has, therefore, advised for the continuous use of the vaccines as well as continuous dissemination of information to vaccine recipient on how to report any side effect they may experience.

 

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