Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state on Wednesday, March 24, joined the list of Nigerians who have received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab across the country.
Nigerian Tribune reports that Makinde took the COVID-19 jab at 12.20 pm at the Governor’s Office, Ibadan, the capital of the state.
Legit.ng gathered that Dr. Muideen Olatunji of the state Primary Healthcare Board, who administered the vaccine to the governor, said recipients of the jab were only likely to have mild reactions.
According to the report, after receiving the vaccine, Makinde said he ordered that a sterility test be done on the vaccines received because he wanted to be sure that the AstraZeneca which came from India was properly handled and well preserved till it got to the state.
The state commissioner for health, Bashir Bello, had earlier stated that the result of the sterility test done by the state government at the virology and biorepository lab at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, confirmed that the vaccine received was free of any form of micro bacteria, fungi and is strictly for COVID-19.
Channels TV also reports that the governor took the vaccine alongside his cabinet members at the executive chambers of the governor’s office, Ibadan.
Oyo had on March 10 received 127,740 doses of the vaccine from the federal government for administration to residents of the state.
