COVID-19: Nasarawa vaccinates 694,971 in 40 days

No fewer than 694,971 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Nasarawa state in 40 days.

This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Mohammed Addis, at a stakeholders’ meeting with religious leaders and journalists in Lafia.

He said the figure represented 51.38 per cent of the state’s population adding that the exercise was aimed at vaccinating people against the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic across the 13 local government areas of the state.

Addis who was represented by the director of diseases control in the state, Dr Sule Toma, said the essence of the stakeholders meeting with religious leaders and media houses in the state was to increase the enlightenment campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.

“The vaccine is safe, effective, free of charge, and available at all designated health facilities and vaccination sites,” he informed the citizens of the state,” he said.