Every day beginning from Monday this week, all qualified persons, who have registered in the online portal created for the purpose, receive vaccine jabs in the busy facility, which make them inoculated against Coronavirus – a seamless exercise that can be concluded in a jiffy for every eligible person.
The commencement of the vaccination programme, which started last Friday in three locations in the state – at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja, and Federal Medical Centre in Ebute Metta- has since spread to every part of the state. For now, pregnant women and children under 18 years are exempted from the vaccine, Prof Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health, said. He cited as reason the fact that pregnant women were not included in the COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. He explained further that the vaccine has two doses, with the second dose taking up to 12 weeks apart from the first dose.
Speaking after flagging off the vaccination programme, Governor Sanwo-Olu, who also received the Astrazenca vaccine at IDH, urged Nigerians to disregard rumours and misinformation making the rounds about the vaccine. Also, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency , said that the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and advised residents against hesitancy. Shuaib, represented by Mrs. Omar Oto, a director in the agency, assured residents of the availability of the vaccines as the Federal Government is poised to receive more vaccines in May.
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