The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has received a jab
of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
The Governor had earlier announced that Ogun State is the
first state in Nigeria to receive a consignment of the vaccines.
“Taking delivery of AstraZeneca #COVID19 Vaccines in my
office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Our dear State is the first in the Federation to
receive the COVID-19 Vaccine consignment,” he tweeted.
50,000 doses of the vaccines were received by the state with
another batch of the same amount expected to arrive in the state by Tuesday.
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.”
He advised people not to see the arrival of the vaccines as
an opportunity to throw away their face masks.
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.”
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— Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun - MFR (@dabiodunMFR) March 8, 2021
It is first service to self then people, when we take the vaccine because we must silence the virus.#COVID19 #BuildingOurFutureTogether #ISEYA #OgunState pic.twitter.com/qnSD2wbMbd
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