EKSG Receives 46,000 Doses of Moderna Covid 19 Vaccines

 

 …. awaits Arrival of Another Batch of Aztra-Zeneca Vaccines in Few Days.

By Wale Obelewaji

Ekiti State Government has received 46,000 doses of Moderna Covid-19

Vaccines from the Federal Government.

The State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Oyebanji

Filani who made this known at a press conference in Ado-Ekiti, said

that the State Government would commence the Vaccination exercise soon

in line with the guidelines laid down by the National Primary

Healthcare Development Agency at all the designated centres across the

States.

Dr. Filani explained that the second phase Vaccination was a

continuation of the exercise that was kick started by Governor Kayode

Fayemi on Wednesday 10th of March, 2021.

He reiterated the commitment of the State Government to ensuring that

all residents have unfettered access to the vaccines adding that the

state would continue to invest in and access safe and effective

vaccines.

Highlighting State Government’s interventions and efforts to curtail

the Corona Virus to include establishment of Molecular Laboratory, the

use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) for testing as well as the

establishment of Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) in all the 16 Local

Government Areas and expansion of sample collection centers, Filani

assured that the Government would continue leave no stone unturned

towards ensuring the safety of all and sundry in the State.

" We currently have over 145 decentralized testing centres across the

state which is the highest in the country and this has scaled up our

testing capacity with an average of 400 persons tested per day in July

in the 16 Local Government Areas in the State". He hinted.

Filani advised residents of the state to take the advantage of

government's gesture to get vaccinated, stressing that getting

immunized remains the most effective way to curtail the virus.

The Health Commissioner explained that the moderna vaccines are for

eligible residents that haven't received any jabs of covid 19,

stressing that anyone who has received the first dose of Astra- Zeneca

vaccines should wait for the second dose that would arrive soon.

He also appealed to members of the public to adhere to necessary

safety measures against contrasting the deadly virus which is ravaging

the human population across the world.