LAGOS: Administration of Covid-19 vaccines begins tomorrow

GOVERNOR Sanwo-olu, today, said the state may start  to administer the COVID-19 vaccines on residents from tommorow.

The governor disclosed this when the Head of Mission and the World Health Organisation, (WHO), Representative for Nigeria, Doctor Walter  Mulombo paid him a courtesy visit at Lagos House, Ikeja.

Sanwo-olu said his government is committed to building an enduring relationship with the WHO to provide quality healthcare service to the citizens.

The governor said the Lagos State Covid-19 Vaccines Steering Committee had designed a level of strategy and an elaborate process to ensure it was administered well while calling for more support of the WHO as well as other international health institution.

Also speaking,  the WHO’s head of mission and the Representative for Nigeria, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo commended the Sanwo-Olu administration for being proactive in its contribution and excellence response system on making Nigeria polio-free as well as its second to none efforts in Africa at containing Covid 19 while imploring health workers to key in to the role out of the vaccines in order to revive the economy of the Nigeria.

Lagos State took delivery of 507,000 stock of the AstraZenaca Covid-19 vaccines on Tuesday.