Dr Louisa Matey, Ayawaso West Municipal Director of Health Services, has debunked claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility in men and women.
She said the vaccines were scientifically verified by the World Health Organisation and fit for purpose, urging residents of the Ayawaso West Municipality to come out in their numbers to get vaccinated.
Dr Louisa Matey said this at the launch of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for the Municipality.
The event, organised by the Municipal Assembly in collaboration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC), saw the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Municipal Health Director, Registrar and staff of the N&MC, among others, took turns to get vaccinated.
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49,576 nurses, midwives and nurse assistants inducted
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has held a virtual induction ceremony for Nurse Assistants, Nurses and Midwives who qualified in 2019 and 2020. These practitioners sat and passed the licensing examinations that were conducted by the Council in 2019 and 2020.
This is the first time the Council had conducted the induction ceremony Online and it was streamed live via the Council s YouTube Channel and its Facebook Account.
In all, forty-nine thousand, five hundred and seventy-six (49, 576) practitioners were inducted.
The breakdown are as follows;
In 2019 the following category of practitioners qualified;
Nurses 8,903
Nurses 11,624
RECIPIENTS OF THE 2019 AWARDS ARE AS FOLLOW;