Oyo receives 127,740 doses of COVID-19 vaccines

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed the delivery in a statement.

According to Adisa, the Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr. Muideen Olatunji, who confirmed the development, said 127,740 doses of the vaccines were received by the state government as part of the first phase of vaccine distribution.

Olatunji maintained the state government has commenced the training of health workers who would apply the vaccines, adding that the medical workers will also be trained at the local government levels.

 He said the vaccines were received in good condition and have also been kept in appropriate cold rooms.

Olatunji added: “I can confirm to you that the Oyo State government has received a total of 127, 740 AstraZeneca vaccines from the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency. The vaccines are in good order and we have warehoused them in appropriate cold rooms.

“We have very strong cold rooms and we cannot even use up to one-third of the capacity in the state.

“We have already commenced the training of health workers, who will administer the vaccines. Next week, we will equally conduct the training at the local government levels.

“We will push the vaccines to the 33 local governments where they will be kept under appropriate conditions.”