Yellow Fever: Obaseki Gets Vaccinated, Leads Campaign Against Disease In Edo (Photos)

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Yellow Fever: Obaseki gets vaccinated, leads campaign against disease in Edo

…FG provides 3 million doses of vaccine

The
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged residents of the
state, aged between nine (9) months to 59 years, to ensure they take the
yellow fever vaccine, to inoculate themselves against the disease.

The
state government has also taken delivery of three million doses of
vaccine from the Federal Ministry of Health in response to the yellow
fever outbreak in the state.

The governor gave the charge when he
led members of the State Executive Council (EXCO) on a vaccination
campaign in Benin City, at the end of the weekly EXCO meeting at the
Government House, in Benin City.

Addressing journalists after
taking a shot of the vaccine, he said the yellow fever vaccination
campaign was ongoing across the 18 local government areas of the state.

He urged residents in the state to ensure that they are vaccinated against the ailment.

He commended the Federal Ministry of Health for the prompt response to the disease outbreak in the state.

He
said that the state government has provided logistics to get the
vaccine to every part of the state, especially where outbreak of the
disease was recorded.

“We had the unfortunate incident of yellow
fever outbreak in some parts of the state a couple of weeks ago. It is a
deadly aliment. Within a short period, we lost a number of persons. It
is highly preventable; all you need is to be vaccinated against the
virus,” he said.

“I just got vaccinated; it doesn’t hurt. Once you take a dose, you are vaccinated for life,” he assured.

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