{"id":447643,"date":"2017-12-16T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T09:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/h1n1-outbreak-arrival-of-vaccines-delayed-until-next-week\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T09:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T09:30:33","slug":"h1n1-outbreak-arrival-of-vaccines-delayed-until-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/h1n1-outbreak-arrival-of-vaccines-delayed-until-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"H1N1 outbreak: Arrival of vaccines delayed until next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 16 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/66037043.295.jpg\" alt=\"Tamiflu\" title=\"Tamiflu\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Tamiflu is an antiviral medication used to treat flu symptoms caused by influenza<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513416633_4_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Students and staff of the Kumasi Acadamy will have to wait a while longer to receive vaccines against the deadly H1N1 Influenza which has killed four students in the past fortnight, with many others on anti-virus to prevent the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the vaccines which were expected in the country on Sunday will now delay till next week.<\/p>\n<p>Antiviral drugs \u2013 Tamiflu \u2013 for the treatment of the H1N1 Influenza were expected in Ghana on Friday from the World Health Organization which is supplying the drugs based on a request from government as it struggles to contain the situation at the school and other areas.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccines for the swine flu are also expected over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Education met with the WHO Ghana Representative soon after press briefing on 7th December 2017 and arrangements have been made to procure and air lift anti-viral agents (Tamiflu) and vaccines for use. Some students and staff have already received vaccinations,\u201d a statement signed by the GES\u2019 Director-General Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa stated.<\/p>\n<p>It continued that Tamiflu is expected in the country by 15 December 2017 and the vaccines by 16th December, 2017 noting \u201cThe situation is under control and there have not been new reported cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Director of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Asiedu Bekoe has said the vaccines have delayed due to the a challenge encountered by the World Health Organization Supplier in shipping the vaccines into the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 16 December 2017 Source: kasapafmonline.com 2017-12-16 Tamiflu is an antiviral medication used to treat flu symptoms caused by influenza Students and staff of the Kumasi Acadamy will have to wait a while longer to receive vaccines against the deadly H1N1 Influenza which has killed four students in the past fortnight, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":447350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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