The Bauchi State authorities on Wednesday obtained 80,570 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines out of the 150,000 allotted to the State by the Nationwide Major Well being Care Growth Company (NPHCDA).
The vaccines have been obtained by the State Deputy Governor, Senator Baba Tela, on the chilly retailer of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College Instructing Hospital (ATBUTH).
Talking shortly after receiving the vaccines, the Deputy Governor knowledgeable {that a} complete of 150,000 vaccines have been allotted to the state, saying that the 80,570 obtained was a part of the full allocation to the state by the Federal Authorities.
Senator Tela who doubles because the chairman of the State Activity Drive Committee on COVID-19 and Lassa Fever, knowledgeable that precedence consideration could be given to frontline well being employees, authorities officers, safety, conventional and non secular leaders within the administration of the primary batch of the vaccines within the state.
Based on him, vaccination would start on Thursday, assuring of the efficiency of the vaccine, having been authorised by the World Well being Organisation (WHO)
“The vaccine is potent; it has been administered internationally and all those that took it are doing nicely. WHO has authorised it. Due to this fact, we in Bauchi are able to take it,” the deputy governor declared.
He knowledgeable that the state governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, would lead different high authorities functionaries to take the vaccine, including that after that, others within the legislature and safety could be vaccinated.
Tela additional knowledgeable that subsequently, the vaccine could be taken to all of the 20 native authorities areas and 323 wards within the state, including that frontline well being employees and different susceptible folks together with the aged could be vaccinated.
The deputy governor, nonetheless, referred to as on the folks of the state to not be afraid of the vaccine however to embrace it, saying that vaccination was the surest means of avoiding the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.
Talking earlier, the Government Secretary, Bauchi State Major Well being Care Growth Company (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, knowledgeable that the vaccine arrived Bauchi late Tuesday night time and was taken straight into the ATBUTH chilly retailer as directed by the NPHCDA for its efficiency to be maintained.
He assured that the State Authorities was doing every thing attainable to make sure that everybody within the state is vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.