By Kelechi David
The Ekiti State Government says it will commence the administration of the Oxford- AstraZeneca Vaccines on the people in the State who had taken the first shots on Monday 31st of May, 2021.
The State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani who made this known in Ado- Ekiti, reiterated the commitment of the Kayode Fayemi led Administration to the healthcare of the residents of the State, assuring that no stone would be left unturned towards curtailing the deadly virus in the State.
Dr Filani revealed that the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccines on the 26th of May 2021 and that the exercise marked the beginning of the second dose of the vaccination campaign in the State.
The Commissioner solicited the support of the people of the state for government’s efforts at protecting their health as well as ensuring a healthy environment in the State.
The Ekiti Health Boss stressed the importance of wearing facemasks,in the public, proper hand washing and use of hand sanitisers as well as maintaining social and physical distancing even after receiving the Vaccines.
Filani equally appealed to the public to continue to cooperate with vaccinators who he noted are providing an exceptionally important services to the state in this trying period of global pandemic that had claimed millions of lives and greatly affected livelihood.
He advised residents of the state to take advantage of the government’s gesture to get vaccinated stressing that getting immunized remained the most effective way to safeguard their health and curtail the pandemic
