The Ogun state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Monday received its portion of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal government.
This is coming few days after the President Mohammed Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osibajo were vaccinated in Abuja few days after the vaccines arrived the country.
Recall that Ogun state was the first state to record the first case of Covid 19 last year, thus explains why the state was considered the first to receive the vaccines out of the 36 states in Nigeria.
Governor Dapo Abiodun received the first batch of 50,000 out of the 100,000 doses of the vaccine at the governor’s office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital.
He disclosed that the remaining second batch of another 50,000 doses would be delivered to the state later in the evening of yesterday, warning residents of the state to continue to observe the COVID-19 protocols, saying the vaccine will only reduce the severity of the virus.
Governor Abiodun said, “We will commence the vaccinations in line with the scheduled guidelines laid down by NPHCDA. They have identified particular state hospitals, general hospitals, primary health care centres across the state that would be used for this vaccination.
“I’m sure you are aware that there is a portal that already exist and there is a link that allows you to register or preregister and identify your local government so it can be as close to the available centre as possible.
“We will be prioritising our front line health workers, our elders and we go down the line as stipulated by NPHCDA.
“Definitely, we are beginning to see the end of this pandemic that has disrupted our lives like we have never anticipated in the last 13 months.
“But this is not an opportunity to our masks away. This vaccine that we are getting, the protocol is that we get the first shot and then we get the booster shots and it is not until we get that booster shots that we have the required level of immunity.
“Even at that, what science tells us is that it is meant to reduce the severity of disease so the COVID-19 protocols and guidelines will still continue to obtain.
The vaccines were brought into the state by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker and accompanied by officials of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and World Health Organisation (WHO).
BUNMI MUSTAPHA
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