Borno and Plateau States have announced that they had received their share of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
The Plateau State Health Commissioner, Dr Lar Ndam, confirmed that the state has taken delivery of 105,500 doses of the vaccines.
“We have just received delivery of 105, 600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government through the Yakubu Gowon Airport.
“The plane brought the vaccines about an hour ago and we have safely kept them in our cold rooms.
“Our next step will be immediate onward distribution to our Cold Chains around the 17 local government areas.
“Once we do that, we shall commence the vaccination exercise without further delay to safe our people from the ravaging virus,” he said.
Borno Government also acknowledged receiving 75,510 doses of the vaccine.
The Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, confirmed this at a news conference on Tuesday at the Maiduguri Airport.
Kadafur, who is also the Chairman of the state Taskforce on COVID-19, said the taskforce would meet to decide when to commence the vaccination.
He said “when plan for vaccination is ready, we will unveil it to you.”
Kadafur and other members of the taskforce were at the airport to receive the vaccine, which arrived around 9 p.m.
Lagos,Osun,Kwara early announced that their share of the vaccine had also arrived.
