A total of over 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca and Modena COVID-19 vaccines have been procured by the Gombe State government to be administered to people of the state for the second phase vaccination across the state.
The vaccines were recently procured and received by the state government from the manufacturing company through the federal government.
Gombe State Deputy Governor who is Chairman, Coordinating Committee of COVID-19, Dr Manassah Daniel Jatau, stated this at the Flagg off ceremony of the introduction of phase two vaccination to mitigate the spread and effect of the Coronavirus pandemic in the state held, on Thursday.
The deputy governor said that the vaccination is necessitated by the recent resurgence in COVID-19 cases in the country and the commitment of the state government towards curtailing the spread and effect of the virus.
Manassah Jatau, however, reassured that the COVID-19 vaccine had proven to be safe, and effective in preventing people from getting seriously ill or dying from the disease.
He also said that the government has designated 67 vaccination centres across the 11 Local Government Areas in the state calling on all people who are 18 years and above including those who have not completed their second dose from the first phase to present themselves for the vaccination.
He further stressed the need for people to continue to practice all other preventive measures against COVID-19 assuring that government is ever ready to sustain efforts in curtailing the pandemic and protect people from all adverse effects of the virus as well as other outbreaks such as cholera.
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