Guinea - Ebola outbreak - 2021 - 23 cases including 12 deaths - declared over

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February 20, 2021 At 15 03 19 02 192 Posted By Guineematin

Confirmed case of Ebola in L?ro (Siguiri): 9 contacts identified (DPS)

As previously announced , the prefecture of Siguiri recorded yesterday, Friday February 19, 2021, its first case of Ebola since the resurgence of the disease in Guinea. And, according to information given to Guineematin.com this Saturday, nine contacts of this confirmed case of the Ebola virus have already been identified. These include members of the patient's family and some of his close associates.
“Indeed, there were nine contacts that have been identified. This morning I prepared another team to continue to identify other contacts. So the team has just moved, ”said Moussa Ciss?, the prefectural director of health in Siguiri.

Recall that the confirmed case of Ebola which was recorded in Siguiri has just returned from a stay in N'z?r?kor?. It is in this prefecture that he would have come into contact with "an Ebola patient already known to the health service".:tiphat:https://guineematin.com/2021/02/20/cas-confirme-debola-a-lero-siguiri-9-contacts-recenses-dps/

 

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Ebola resurgence in N'Z?r?kor?: pending the arrival of vaccines, the Gou?ck? market closed

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Alpha Oumar Bald? -

February 20, 20210

Since the resurgence of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Gou?ck?, a sub-prefecture under the prefecture, every day, a crisis meeting brings together the prefectural administrative authorities, the health authorities to take stock of the evolution of the disease in their jurisdiction.
This Saturday, thanks to this meeting, the authorities announced two new suspected cases, two confirmed cases and four probable cases. This brings the total number of contacts to 328 contacts, including 310 follow-ups.
Regarding the holding of the weekly market in Gou?ck? on Saturday, the prefect S?a Yola Tolno indicated that all measures are taken to prevent it. To achieve this objective, the Prefect called on the transport union and local authorities at all levels.
For now, the question that torments all minds is whether or not the population will adhere to the vaccination campaign announced for next week with the first batches of anti-Ebola vaccines intended for the most affected localities.
:tiphat:https://www.guineenews.org/resurgen...rivee-des-vaccins-le-marche-de-gouecke-ferme/

 

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..."We have already dispatched a team to look for the Contacts cases in the area. At the moment, we cannot say exactly the number of contacts, our teams are working in the field. That's after that we are going try to make the connection, "said Dr Mohamed Sacko Sylla.

The regional director of health in Kankan ensures that all urgent and appropriate measures are taken to curb the spread of this virus in the administrative region of Kankan.
For his part, Dr Moussa Ciss?, Prefectural Director of Health of Siguiri, indicated that nine (9) contacts were found in Siguirini. Figures that seem small. " I sent a team of 4 to four people to find all the contacts, " explained Dr Ciss?.


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February 20, 2021 N'Z?r?kor? ,
Gou?k? (N'Z?r?kor?): the risk of the spread of Ebola is very high

The risk is very high in Gou?k?, N'Z?r?kor? sub-prefecture where the Ebola epidemic reappeared last week. On site, no barrier measures to prevent the spread of the virus are observed. Life continues as if nothing had happened, which should seriously complicate the response announced by the authorities, reports a special envoy of Guineematin.com in the locality...

This Saturday, February 20, 2021, is weekly market day in Gou?k?. A few days ago, the authorities decided to close this market to limit the risk of the spread of the Ebola hemorrhagic epidemic. But, this decision remained a dead letter, since the place is crowded this morning. According to our information, the authorities tried to enforce this decision, but to no avail...

In addition to the opening of the weekly market in Gou?k?, it should be noted that no barrier measure is respected in this rural commune. Some citizens interviewed by our special envoy on the spot also maintain that there is no Ebola in the locality and that the government is simply trying to get rich on their backs. With such a situation, the risk of spreading the disease remains very great.:tiphat:https://guineematin.com/2021/02/20/goueke-nzerekore-le-risque-de-propagation-debola-est-tres-grand/

 

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N'Z?r?kor?: A new case of Ebola confirmed and several suspects detected

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Alpha Oumar Bald? -

February 21, 20210

Less than 24 hours before the start of vaccination against the Ebola virus in Forest Guinea, the situation does not seem to be at all bright.
Indeed, the situation of the Ebola virus epidemic seems to take a worrying pace a few hours before the announced arrival of the first vaccines.
Due to a new case confirmed on several suspected cases in the text phase, more than 20 untracked contacts, probable cases under observation, seem to worry the medical circles of the city. Even if the administrative authorities are optimistic.

For now, all questions remain about whether the population adheres to vaccination or not, especially in Goueck?, the epicenter of this epidemic. Because everything suggests that the populations do not seem convinced of the presence of this virus in their locality.
:tiphat:https://www.guineenews.org/nzerekore-un-nouveau-cas-debola-confirme-et-plusieurs-suspects-detectes/

 

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Ebola vaccines did not arrive in Conakry due to bad weather

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Mady Bangoura -

February 21, 20210

During a press briefing held recently, WHO announced the very imminent arrival of vaccines in Guinea to respond to the Ebola virus which has just made its reappearance in the forest region. These vaccines should arrive in Conakry this Sunday, February 21, 2021. But the weather conditions have not militated in this favor.

However, there were many, these journalists mobilized around the representative of the WHO and the directors general of the Central Pharmacy of Guinea and the National Health Security Agency, in order to witness the arrival of vaccines.
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According to Dr Sakoba Keita, the vaccines left since 9:30 am in Geneva and that their arrival was scheduled for 13:37. “But because of the fog, the plane could not land. They continued on Dakar. The director of the Agency promised us that the plane will return to Conakry tomorrow morning ”, confided the director general of the ANSS.

Also, he said he was examining a plan B in case the sky clears, to find a plane in Conakry, in order to shorten this period and maintain the vaccination plan already established by the ANSS. "Never mind, we prefer to take more security and postpone the launch of the vaccination for Tuesday in Gou?ck? and Conakry", he concluded.

The plane was carrying the vaccines that were recently announced by the WHO. These are 11,000 doses of vaccine against Ebola which is currently raging in the country.
While staying in Gouek?, the epicenter of the epidemic, reached by phone, the Minister of Health, General Remy Lamah, said he had the same information with the WHO representative, Pr George Alfred Ki-Zerbo. Adding that "we are in the process of seeing by which means the vaccines can be conveyed from Dakar to Conakry".
:tiphat:https://www.guineenews.org/pour-cau...s-contre-ebola-ne-sont-pas-arrives-a-conakry/

 

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Ebola in Gou?ck?: on the eve of a vaccination campaign, popular reluctance not excluded

By Mohamed Bangoura
5 hours

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The majority of citizens of the Gou?ck? sub-prefecture have so far expressed doubts about the existence of the Ebola virus in their locality, the epicenter of the re-emerged epidemic.

While the National Health Security Agency announces the launch on Monday of a vaccination campaign in Gou?ck? in order to contain the disease, local authorities and sensitizers are struggling to convince both populations of the value of this strategy fight.

”People don't believe and associate the disease with anything else and no one plans to take the advertised vaccines. As an authority, the citizens do not want to hear anything from us and that worries us about the vaccination ” , declared a communal authority of Gou?ck?.

The Minister of Health, who arrived in N'z?r?kor? on Saturday, went to Gou?ck? his native village this Sunday, in order to put the population at ease.
"He went to explain to his parents the need to take the Ebola vaccine," we learn.

Bad information, rumors and the crisis of confidence vis-?-vis the authorities would be factors which aggravate the reluctance among citizens, most of whom would oppose health measures.

To prevent possible hostilities in the area, " security forces could be deployed to secure the vaccination team".

The launch of the Ebola vaccination initially scheduled for Monday February 22, 2021 in N'z?r?kor? is postponed for Tuesday February 23, 2021. A postponement which is explained by the delay in receiving the vaccine which was initially scheduled for Sunday February 21 at 3:30 pm The plane carrying the vaccines could not land due to bad weather. The reception is postponed to the morning of Monday 22 February according to the ANSS.

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:tiphat:https://mosaiqueguinee.com/ebola-a-...accination-la-reticence-populaire-pas-exclue/

 

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Through a press release published on its Facebook page, this Sunday, February 21, the national health security agency (ANSS) announced that the launch of this vaccination campaign is postponed for Tuesday, February 23, 2021:tiphat:https://mosaiqueguinee.com/nzerekore...pour-le-mardi/


...A French plane containing more than 500 protection kits against the Ebola virus, suits, masks and gloves for medical staff intervening on the front line in the fight against the virus, has been expected since Friday in Conakry, but because of bad weather conditions , it could not yet happen. Another WHO (World Health Organization) flight carrying 11,000 doses of Ebola vaccine could not land on Sunday February 21, 2021 because of air pollution.."fog"...:tiphat:https://www.africaguinee.com/articl...est-determinee-aider-les-autorites-guineennes

 

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Ebola: the two flights announced for the transport of vaccines again canceled

Posted by Dansa Camara
February 22, 2021 at 11:32 AM


This is yet another postponement. These flights were expected since Friday, February 19. The one from DR Congo should send vaccines against the Ebola epidemic and the second from France should transport the health kits.
According to the communication cell of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, weather conditions that do not meet standards are the cause of these multiple postponements.

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We also learn that the flight leaving the DR Congo would have landed in Senegal. However, this information has not yet been confirmed by the Guinean authorities.
The Guinean capital has been facing air pollution for several days. Environmental, water and forest specialists explain that it is a wind coming from the Sahel and affects nature.
:tiphat:https://www.guinee360.com/22/02/202...-le-transport-des-vaccins-de-nouveau-annules/

 

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Ebola: the suspected case from L?ro tested negative (ANSS)
By Doura
For 2 hours
The suspected case from L?ro falling within the sub-prefecture of Siguirini, prefecture of Siguiri, is finally tested negative for PCR Ebola, therefore classified as a non-case, ANSS reported on Monday afternoon via social networks. .
It should be remembered that this patient who presented signs similar to Ebola is a contact with one of the cases declared in N'z?r?kor?, more than a week ago.
Guinea has to date five (5) cases of Ebola, the resurgence of which started from Goueck?, one of the N'Z?r?kor? sub-prefectures.


Saidou Barry:tiphat:https://mosaiqueguinee.com/ebola-le-cas-suspect-en-provenance-de-lero-teste-negatif-anss/

 

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Ebola vaccination in N'z?r?kor?: the ANSS plans to charter a flight to collect vaccines in Dakar
By Doura
For 2 hours
The two planes containing the 12 thousand doses of vaccine against Ebola, could not land on Monday, February 22 at the international airport of Conakry-Gb?ssia.
Faced with this constraint linked to bad weather conditions in Lower Guinea, the Guinean health authorities will collect the vaccines from Senegal through a flight chartered for this purpose.
The announcement was made by the head of the communication and mobilization department at ANSS, Sory 2 Keira, reached on Monday by mosaiqueguinee.com.

“We were hoping that the flight would land today without any problem, but nature is not favorable to Conakry. What is planned, a flight is specially chartered to collect the vaccines in Dakar. It's a private flight! This is because small planes don't have the same constraints as big planes. It is the Ministry of Health that will take care of it, ”he explained.
In the meantime, should we wonder if the chartered flight will be able to transfer the vaccine doses to N'z?r?kor? this Monday, in view of the launch of the vaccination campaign against Ebola?
We will come back!:tiphat:https://mosaiqueguinee.com/vaccinat...er-un-vol-pour-recuperer-les-vaccins-a-dakar/

 

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....In addition to the flight carrying these vaccines, the French humanitarian plane carrying several protection kits and medical equipment that Guinea needs in the response to the Ebola epidemic is also blocked in Senegal.Also, several passengers to and from Conakry were deprogrammed several times. It will be necessary to wait for the meteorological situation to normalize so that these planes can arrive in Guinea.:tiphat:https://guineematin.com/2021/02/22/...-a-destination-de-conakry-bloques-au-senegal/

 

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#Guinee the Beech90 of UMS carrying the vaccines #ebola took off from Dakar #kibaro
#Guinee #ebola a Beech E90 left Conakry #Kibaro
Vaccination starts soon.
People don't want to vaccinate and think there is not a problem.
People don't want to cooperate with roadblocks which are barely monitored at all..and left unattended for the most part.
Liberian people crying to shut the border, Sierra leone along with Ghana, Nigeria and others are wanting to do the same.

 

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...Nigeria is closely observing developments on the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea and working with West African Health Organization (WAHO) to contain it in the outbreak country of Guinea and prevent the spread to other countries in the region.

“We are pleased to note that the ECOWAS countries adjacent to the epicenter are taking strict measures with regard checking movement of persons,” the Minister added.:magnify:

Ehanire explained that Port Health Service officers have been on high alert to step up border surveillance of travellers arriving by air or overland from destinations around the outbreak country to avert disease importation.

He explained that although Nigeria has been classified as a moderate Ebola risk country because of its distance from Guinea, health workers have been directed to report suspicious symptoms, including fever and bleeding in the community, among recent arrivals from the West African subregion.

The Minister also advised Nigerians intending to visit countries in the general area, to delay the visit.:tiphat:https://www.channelstv.com/2021/02/22/covid-19-nigeria-might-soon-exit-second-wave-minister/

 

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Ebola virus: The latest news!

FEB 22, 2021
The ANSS took stock of the Ebola virus which resurfaced in Forest Guinea on February 21.
The results of the four suspects hospitalized in the CT-Epi were negative (3 suspected cases hospitalized in N'Z?r?kor? including that of Siguiri and 1 suspected case in Conakry) on February 21, 2021.
No death has been recorded as of February 21, 2021;
A new suspected case registered in Lola and transferred to the CT-Epi in N'Z?r?kor? on February 21, 2021;
Cumulative of four confirmed cases and four probable cases as of February 21, 2021;
Five people are hospitalized at the CT-Epi including one confirmed case at the CT-Epi in Nongo (Conakry) and 4 cases in N'Z?r?kor? (2 suspected cases and 2 confirmed cases);
Cumulative five deaths including four probable cases and one confirmed case;
To date, 371 contacts have been followed out of 380.
:tiphat:https://lelynx.net/2021/02/virus-ebola-les-dernieres-infos/

 

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Flag of Guinea: # Ebola situation report in # Guinea (as of 02/22/21)
8 cases
5 deaths
380 contacts, 98% of which are followed
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Health: five deadly epidemics threaten Guinea

By Badicko Diallo -February 24, 20210245

For some time now, Guinea has been facing a real public health problem. If in other countries, efforts are being mobilized for the response against COVID-19, here in Guinea, in addition to the Coronavirus, health actors are facing epidemics of Measles, Yellow Fever, Polio and Ebola which has just resurfaced in the N'z?r?kor? region.

Asked about this, Dr S?kou Sidate Sylla, head of the prevention and disease control section at the prefectural health department of Mamou, specifies: “ Yellow fever is rife in Koundara but also in Dubr?ka and Kouroussa. A total of 52 cases have been notified including 14 deaths. Currently a response is being made at this level. This response consists of vaccinating the target population with the anti-yellow fever vaccine. There is also the measles epidemic, a very resurgent disease, which affects the prefectures of Dinguiraye, Mamou and the capital Conakry.

The polio epidemic which broke out since a few months in the regions of Upper Guinea, Forest Guinea and towards the coast already has some thirty confirmed cases. We are in this perspective to organize a vaccination campaign which consists of vaccinating all children aged 0 to 59 months with Monovalent type 2 vaccine. The COVID-19 epidemic is already affecting several cities in the country. To date, 15,580 confirmed cases have been notified with 87 deaths. The latest epidemic is Ebola. She has just declared herself in N'z?r?kor? “.

Dr Sidate justifies this upsurge by the refusal for some to take vaccines. T he majority of these diseases are diseases that can be avoided by vaccination. For example for measles, the vaccine in the EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) routinely but people refuse to vaccinate children, ”he indicates.

For yellow fever, Guinea is an endemic country at high risk according to the classification of the global EYE strategy (Eliminate Yellow fever epidemics).

With the support of its partners, the Ministry of Health must put in place a real response plan against these epidemics while getting the populations to adhere to the various responses.

https://www.guineenews.org/sante-cinq-epidemies-mortelles-menacent-la-guinee/

 

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Ebola: Guinea launches vaccination to end it "in 6 weeks"

afp.com - CELLOU BINANI
23 FEB 2021
Update 02.24.2021 at 00:00

By Carol VALADE
AFP
? 2021 AFP

The vaccination campaign against Ebola hemorrhagic fever was launched Tuesday in Guinea, more than a week after the resurgence of the disease in this West African country which hopes to eradicate it "in six weeks" according to its minister of Health.

The campaign was able to start after the arrival Monday evening in Conakry of more than 11,000 doses of vaccine provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), which plans to send 8,500 additional doses from the United States.

In the field, immunization began in Gou?ck? - also spelled Gou?k? - a locality in Forest Guinea (south) where the first cases linked to this resurgence of Ebola were detected on February 13, five years after a deadly epidemic in West Africa.

Guinean authorities, whose figures have fluctuated, have so far generally cited five deaths since the resurgence of the disease.

In its last bulletin Tuesday evening, the health agency (ANSS) published a table counting six "community" deaths and two "hospital" deaths, including that of a "suspected case" who died Monday in Nz?r?kor?, which would bring the number of dead at eight.

But in the same document, the ANSS reports "six deaths, including five probable cases and one case confirmed as of February 22", making it difficult to establish an accurate assessment.

In Gou?ck?, half a dozen people, relatives of the nurse first affected and who died at the end of January, received a dose of the vaccine in a small freshly pitched tent on the outskirts of the decrepit health center of the city, noted a AFP journalist.

"I think that in six weeks, we can be done with this disease," the Minister of Health, General R?my Lamah, told AFP on the spot.

"The vaccines are able to help us stop the spread of the disease. They are intended primarily for the circle of contacts of the cases that we know, and also for a second circle possibly, to make sure we interrupt the chain of transmission" , said the WHO representative in Guinea, Georges Ki-Zerbo, who also made the trip.
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Guinean health authorities, such as the WHO or specialized NGOs, know that without the support of the populations, it will be very difficult to fight effectively against this disease...

On Tuesday, the vaccination campaign also began in Dubr?ka, according to Dr. Halimatou Ke?ta, doctor in the hospital in this city on the outskirts of Conakry.

On Wednesday, it will continue in Nz?r?kor?, capital of Forest Guinea located about forty kilometers from Gou?k?, where 1,600 doses of vaccines were sent in two aerial rotations.

A total of 385 contact cases of the nurse and her relatives were identified on Tuesday, told AFP Bouna Yattassaye, deputy director of the National Agency for Health Security (ANSS). The vast majority of them are monitored and will be vaccinated as a priority.

https://information.tv5monde.com/af...accination-pour-en-finir-en-6-semaines-397665

 

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Guinea: Situation report on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic - February 24, 2021 [FR]

Highlights

• Official launch by the Minister of Health of the EVD vaccination campaign on February 23, 2021;
• Vaccination of 51 contacts around the confirmed cases including 11 in Dubreka prefecture and 40 in N'Z?r?kor? on February 23, 2021;
• The result of the suspected case who died at the CT-Epi in N'Z?r?kor? on February 23, 2021 was negative;
• One (1) new confirmed case among the contacts followed was detected today in Gou?ck? (N'Z?r?kor?);
• Cumulative of five (5) confirmed cases and four (4) probable cases as of February 23, 2021;
• Two (2) confirmed cases are hospitalized at the CT-Epi in N'Z?r?kor? on February 23, 2021;
• No case hospitalized at the CT-Epi in Nongo (Conakry);
• Two (2) cases of recovery including one (1) in Conakry and one (1) in N'Z?r?kor?;
• Cumulative of five (5) deaths including four (4) probable cases and one (1) case confirmed as of February 23, 2021;
• One hundred and six (106) contacts left the follow-up in N'Z?r?kor? as of February 22, 2021;
• To date, 276 contacts are being followed up.

https://www.humanitarianresponse.in...ée-rapport-de-situation-sur-lépidémie-de-la-4

 

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Ebola vaccination in N'Z?r?kor?: more than 52% of contact cases already vaccinated (Dr Bachir Kant?)

By Thierno Souleymane Diallo -25 February 20210117

Despite the 24-hour delay in the initial schedule, the Ebola haemorrhagic fever vaccination is going quite well. This is what we retain from the intervention Dr Bachir Kant?, Adviser in charge of mission, at the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. It was a virtual press conference hosted this Thursday, February 25 by the World Health Organization (WHO) from its regional office (Africa) in Brazzaville, Congo.

A press conference whose theme mainly focused on the Ebola and Covid-19 epidemics in Africa. And among the panelists, Dr Bachir Kant? gave an update on the resurgence of the Ebola virus in Guinea.

During his presentation, Dr Kant? clarified: “On February 23, the vaccine arrived in the N'Z?r?kor? region. And the vaccination took place in the presence of the WHO Representative as well as the Minister of Health, General R?my Lamah. It should be remembered that today, in relation to the Ebola vaccination, awareness has been raised and it continues. And on D 1 we were able to vaccinate 51 people who are notably contacts in the N'Z?r?kor? region, on D 2 we had a total of 160 people. And there are three vaccination sites that have been defined. This is the prefecture of Gou?ck? which is the epicenter of the disease. An improved health center which is also located at this level and at the very center of the N'Z?r?kor? region where another vaccination center has been set up. These three sites are supposed to vaccinate at least 100 people, each. Which makes a total of 300 people at first. While waiting for today's statistics, we are at 52% of the initial number. "

Before finishing his intervention, Dr Kant? indicated that the work is in progress and hopes that a greater number of people will be vaccinated in order to properly contain this epidemic.

Regarding the origin of the virus that Guinea is facing, the Guinean speaker will answer that he is not in a position to answer the question for the moment. Explaining that the results samples sent to Dakar for sequencing in order to determine the characteristics of the latter, are still awaited.

Previously, the Guinean panelist will note the technical and financial support of partners to Guinea such as the WHO on this anti-Ebola front in addition to that open against the Coronavirus.

https://www.guineenews.org/vaccinat...s-cas-contacts-deja-vaccines-dr-bachir-kante/