Gov Abiodun Receives COVID-19 Vaccine Jab

 

The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has received a jab of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

MuchTalksBlog had reported that the state government received 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine from the Federal Government on Monday.

Another batch of 50,000 doses is being expected.

Meanwhile, sharing a video on Twitter showing him taking a jab, Abiodun said, “I just had my dose of the Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The doses were delivered today in Abeokuta. It is first service to self then people, when we take the vaccine because we must silence the virus.”

Abiodun said, “We will commence vaccination 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 am sure you are aware that there is a portal that already exists and there is a link that allows you to register or preregister and identify your local government so it can 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 throw 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.”