COVID-19: Osun State Receives Doses Of Vaccine

‌The Osun State Governmeny said it has received the state’s dosage of COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government.

The Information Officer, Office of the Secretary to the state government, Jelili Tiamiyu, in a statement said that the vaccine meant for Osun, Ondo, and Ekiti States respectively arrived at Akure Airport on Tuesday.

The statement reads in part, “leading the state of Osun medical Team to recieve the vaccine onbehalf of the state government was the Honourable Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Usamot, Special Adviser to Governor on public Health, Pharmacist Siji Olamiju and the Chairman,Osun Primary Health Care Development Board, Hon Leke Ogunsola at exactly 07:11 pm today (Tuesday).

“Meanwhile, towards receiving the vaccines from the Federal Government, the state government of Osun under Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has made adequate preparation and assure that its Central Cooling Store is in good state to receive the vaccines.

“The government also supplied each Local Government and Local Council Development Area with solar power Refrigerators to cool the vaccine at required temperature. The government also trained over 300 personnel that will anchor the vaccination exercises at all nooks and crannies of the State”. The statement reads.