Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has stated that frontline workers in the State will be the first people to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.
Recall that the Abia State Government has stated that the vaccination of people in the State will start from March 8th, 2021 following the vaccine arrival in Nigeria.
In a series of Tweet, Dr Ikpeazu stated that the State has two large cold stores in Umuahia and a solar refrigerator in all wards of the Primary Health care Centres in the State.
He also made it known that sensitization has started on the need for the vaccination in the State to urge more people to take the vaccine.
Read his full post below;
“After months of waiting, I’m glad to announce that the COVID-19 vaccinations will start in Abia on Monday, March 8, 2021.
It’s aimed to last 10 days with a target of vaccinating at least 40% of Abians by the fore-end of the year.
We have two large cold stores in Umuahia and solar refrigerators in all wards of our Primary Healthcare Centres to store the AstraZeneca vaccines.
Frontline workers will receive the vaccine first followed by elderly persons and then other vulnerable groups.
By now, the little iota of doubt that surrounded the reality of the existence of COVID-19 must have clear, therefore, before encouraging citizens to make themselves available for vaccination against the virus to ensure our collective early return to normalcy.
Vaccination worldwide wide approved medical strategy aimed at preparing our body to develop resistance and immunity against diseases such as Covid-19. Already, we have regular vaccinations for smallpox, yellow fever etc, therefore there is nothing unusual about the covid-19 vaccination. It is in that light that we call on our people to embrace it and follow Government plans to enable it reaches us all starting with the most vulnerable in our society.
On our part as Government, we are currently mobilizing needed manpower and sensitizing citizens from ward level up.
Let me assure NdiAbia that we’ll keep doing everything to defeat the pandemic, keep our people safe so that our return to a life of normalcy can be meaningfully expedited.”
