The Lagos State government on Thursday shut down all
COVID-19 vaccination centres across the State.
This became necessary as the state officially ends the first
phase of COVID-19 vaccination campaign with 257, 756 persons vaccinated.
The government took the decision following the directive of
the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA, instructing States
to stop vaccination after administering half of the doses issued to them to
give opportunity for the second dose of the already vaccinated individuals.
The first phase of the vaccination which began in Lagos on
March 12, 2021 took an average of 20 days.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi
in a statement said this phase of vaccination would ensure that at least, 1
percent of Lagos residents take the full complement of doses required to enable
the protection the vaccine promises.
The State Commissioner for Health said the exercise ended on
Tuesday, 13th April 2021, and consequently, the government has shut down its
entire vaccination centres.
Abayomi said: “Lagos State inoculated 257,756 persons, as of
15th of April 2021, consisting of health workers, frontline workers including;
security agents, ports of entry staff, judiciary, petrol station workers,
contingency workers and strategic leaders.
“The government went a step further to vaccinate willing
pensioners, people aged 70 and above, teachers and journalists during the same
period.”
According to him, Lagos is the only state which has
inoculated more than 200,000 residents during this period.
Abayomi added that the remaining doses of the
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are stored at the Lagos State Cold Chain Store for
the 2nd dose exercise, which would begin on the 28th of May 2021.
He advised Lagos residents to check their vaccination cards
for their next appointment dates and report to the same health facilities where
they got their initial dose for their second dose.
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