In addition, the state also received about 40,000 cards, 810 safety boxes and 81,080 syringes for the vaccination.
The 81,080 units of the vaccine, the government said, would be administered on about 40,000 people for the first and second jab, in correlation with the about 40,000 cards received, as each person is expected to take two doses at four to 12 weeks intervals.
The Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Health, Dr Osamwonyi Irowa, received the vaccines, which arrived at the Benin Airport through a cargo airline, Allied Air at about 7:50 pm, on Wednesday.
Irowa said, “We received 81,080 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines, alongside syringes, also numbering 81, 080. We also received the adhesive code stickers of the same number. We have 810 safety boxes delivered to us. With this, we will be able to initiate our first phase of the vaccination exercise in Edo.
The permanent secretary disclosed that Governor Godwin Obaseki was glad that the vaccines had been delivered to our, assuring that the state would roll out the vaccination as fast as it could. “I must remind you that we have actually done all the preparations ahead of administration of the vaccines.”
“We have trained healthcare workers even at the local government level. More training is ongoing. We will commence the distribution of these vaccines to different locations where they will be administered.
“Frontline workers will be given the first dose of this vaccine and followed by key leaders, as well as traditional rulers so that we symbolically demonstrate that these vaccines are safe,” he further assured.
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