By Victor Adeoti
The Osun State Government says it has received doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government.
Mrs Funke Egbemode, the State’s Commissioner For Information and Civic Orientation, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Osogbo.
Egbemode said that the state government delegation received the vaccines at Akure Airport at about 7:11pm.
She said the government was prepared to preserve and administer the vaccines, adding that the state government had trained 300 health workers for the vaccination.
Egbemode also said that government had installed storage facilities (cold chain) across the 332 wards in the State.
She assured residents of the state that the government would soon commence the vaccination in line with the scheduled guidelines laid down by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).
The Commissioner advised citizens to shun the misinformation about the vaccines.
She added that the vaccines…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
