COVID-19 Vaccines Effective-LASG

Professor Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health,has assured residents of the state that the COVID-19  vaccines are effective and saving lives of the people against the deadly disease

He gave the  advice at a COVID-19 vaccine summit organized by the Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment (GET) consortium

He said:“As a responsible government, the Incident Commander, Mr. Governor himself, has taken the vaccine, the Deputy Incident Commander, the Deputy Governor, has taken it, I have taken it, and the entire leadership of the state government have taken it, in demonstration of the safety and efficacy of the vaccine”

He said so far from the monitoring and observation of those 127, 000 Lagosians who have been vaccinated, there has been zero fatality and zero admission into any hospital as a result of the vaccination.

He noted that the state had gained experience in managing such an occurrence as the pandemic due mostly to the strategies that had been put in place because of the Ebola outbreak.

He stated that the vaccination in the state can only be accessed at the approved designated vaccination centres scattered across the state, stressing that the state government has not outsourced Covid-19 vaccination to any outlet apart from the government centres.

He  solicited the support and cooperation of non-state actors to keep the government on its toes and help disseminate the truth and fact about the Covid-19 vaccination.

Dotun Bobadoye, the Chief Operating Officer, GET Consortium, while speaking said that the vaccine hesitancy had become a major deterrent to ensuring a majority of the public are vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Professor Isaac Adebayo, Professor of Virology and Immunology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State while delivering his paper title; ‘Understanding the advantages and possible challenges with AstraZeneca Vaccine’, stated that the vaccination outweigh the risk of side effect and that the vaccination had enhance reduction in death and hospitalization.