Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has taken his first dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
The governor took the vaccine at the Governor’s office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital.
His deputy, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, and two frontline health workers were also administered the vaccine.
The governor after taking the vaccine said, “Taking our doses is, first, service to self then to people, because we can only silence the virus if we think and act together. We should be aware that even our two doses don’t preclude the use of facemasks and compliance with other safety guidelines.”
The governor, therefore, urged everyone all to make themselves available to take the vaccine, especially those prioritised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on basis of profession, age, or other criteria.
Ogun State government had earlier on Monday evening took delivery of 50,000 doses of the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Governor Abiodun received the vaccines and gave an assurance that the vaccines would be deployed immediately across the 236 wards of the 20 local governments of the state.
Ogun State is the first to receive the first batch of vaccines among the comity of states in the country.
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