By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
The Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Haruna Saka on Thursday in Lokoja said that the state achieved 100% success rate in the administration of the first dose of the astrazeneca/Oxford vaccine.
Dr. Saka who disclosed this at the flagg off of the Second dose of Covid19 Vaccines, expressed satisfaction that the State also recorded least wastage rate during the administration which began on the 6th of April, 2021.
The Commissioner who was represented by the Director Primary Health Care, by Dr. Francis Akpa, expressed appreciation to the vaccines consortium in its efforts to containing the ravaging scorge of the Covid19.
He appealled to the people of the State who have taken the first dose to make themselves available at all health facilities across the state for the second dose, describing it as safe and free.
Dr. Saka said the next phase involving all categories of persons would begin after the completion of the administration of the second dose, Commended the Frontline workers for there painstaking efforts in meeting the set target.
Also speaking, Dr Abubakar Yakubu said the state received 43,900 doses of the Vaccines representing 4,390 viles, adding that 31,960 doses were administered to 26,665 persons.
Dr. Abubakar who explained that the state recorded 102% of the target population, said only 14% of wastage rate was recorded by the state.
The Director explained that the State adopted best practices to achieve the significant result, expressed satisfaction that despite the conspiracy theory, no any side effect after administering the vaccines recorded across the state.
Dr. Abubakar Commended those in the Frontline administering the vaccines, said despite the increase of the vaccines from 16000 to 22000, the men rose to the occasion and levelled up within a week.
