Africa-Press – Nigeria. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Friday took the first injection of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Sanwo-Olu took the injection at 3:03pm. while Hamzat was injected at about 3:10pm at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba.
It can be recalled that the state government took delivery of the first consignment of 507,000 vaccines allocated to it by the Federal Government on Tuesday.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso and some health workers also took the jab of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Sanwo-Olu, who is the state’s COVID-19 Incident Commander, thanked the frontline workers for their services and efforts at curbing the spread of the virus.
He said the government would come out with a strategy to vaccinate the residents while hoping that the world would be free of the virus soon.
The governor also urged the people to refrain from spreading false information about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, saying the vaccine would help fight the infection of the virus.
Earlier, during a news conference, Prof. Abayomi, who was the first to be vaccinated, assured the people that the vaccine was safe.
He said he felt like his normal self after the shot was administered.
