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Governors Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, and Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, were among the six governors, who took their COVID-19 vaccine yesterday as more states took delivery of their consignments.
Other governors who were administered with the vaccines yesterday include: Malam Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa and Abubakar Bello of Niger State.
This comes as additional states – Adamawa, Bauchi, Kwara, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, and Niger took delivery of their vaccines yesterday.
Bello; his deputy, Alhaji Mohammed Ketso, and members of the Niger State Executive Council yesterday took their jab of the vaccine in Minna, the state capital. The vaccine was administered to the governor by his physician, Dr. Shehu Ahmed, at Government House.
EU agency endorses one-shot Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended authorizing the one-dose Covid-19 vaccine developed by US manufacturer Johnson & Johnson for use in all adults in the European Union on Thursday.
“Authorities across the EU will have another option to combat the pandemic and protect the lives and health of their citizens,” EMA Director Emer Cooke said in a statement published online by the EU regulator.
Clinical trials involving more than 44,000 people in several countries showed the vaccine to have an efficacy rate of 67 per cent, the EMA noted, adding that the drug met key criteria for safety and quality.
Lagos begins COVID-19 vaccination, sets up 88 vaccine centres
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The Lagos State Government has commenced its COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccination programme, while setting up 88 centres for administration of the vaccine to enhance the immunity and health of its citizens.
Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Health, disclosed this during a media briefing on the Official Rollout, Distribution and Administration of COVID-19 vaccines in Lagos on Friday.
Abayomi said that the commencement of the vaccine at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba, would involve inoculation of the state governor, members of his cabinet and some frontline healthcare workers.
Adamawa receives 59,280 doses of COVID-19 vaccine vanguardngr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vanguardngr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.