The Lagos State Government has released list of 88 centres where Lagosians can take the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
The 88 centres, which include military and police hospitals, have been selected to provide vaccination across the 20 Local Government Areas of the state.
The government stated that vaccination can only be obtained at any of the accredited facilities listed and warned that vaccination outside of the centres was highly prohibited.
A statement issued by Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been declared safe by the World Health Organization (WHO), but that most vaccines have some common side effects, which are not unique to the COVID-19 vaccine and which typically only last for 24 to 48 hours.
Some of these common adverse events that could be experienced, he said, included: pain or tenderness at the injection site, tiredness, chills, joint pains, headache, fever, muscle pain and nausea.
See the list of facilities accredited for vaccination by the state government below:
