Ondo state government on Tuesday said it has received seventy three thousand, five hundred and seventy doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government.
The executive Secretary of the board, Dr Francis Akanbiemu disclosed this in an interview in Akure, the state capital.
Dr Akanbiemu said the vaccine was delivered on Tuesday evening through the Akure Airport and was received by officials of the Ondo state Primary Health Care Development Board on behalf of the state government.
He noted that the vaccination would be launched on Wednesday (today) by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu where he is expected alongside his deputy, Mr Lucky Ayedatiwa to receive shots of the vaccine.
Dr Akanbiemu pointed out that the vaccination would commence for residents in designated facilities on Friday.
He urged the people of the state to embrace the vaccine to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19.
Nigeria had last week taken delivery of about four million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines as part of an overall 16 million doses planned to be delivered to the country in batches over the next few months.
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