Governors, deputies to get COVID-19 jabs March 10
Governors and their deputies are to take the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (March 10).
Kayode Fayemi, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti, disclosed this at a virtual news conference on Thursday.
Fayemi added that the vaccination was part of the governors’ resolutions during a virtual emergency meeting held on Thursday.
The NGF chairman read a communique issued by the governors at the end of the meeting.
He explained that the vaccination would be done publicly.
Mr. Fayemi said the governors would enlighten Nigerians on the need to take the vaccine, which, he said, was safe.
He expressed the governors’ commitment to work with the federal government to ensure that the vaccine’s required cold chain is provided.
The governor encouraged citizens to use the e-registration portal on the National Primary Health Care Development Agency’s website to register for vaccination.
He said Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, at the meeting, briefed the governors on the 3.92 million doses of the vaccine received by Nigeria on Tuesday.
He disclosed that the leadership and frontline health workers would be the first to receive the vaccine from March 6, beginning with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Fayemi gave the assurance that the vaccine was researched to be safe for persons up to 18 years.
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