The government of Ebonyi state has received about 46,090 covid 19 vaccines.
This is even as the state Governor David Umahi, and his deputy, Barr Kelechi Igwe, Thursday, got vaccinated with Astrazeneca vaccine.
They were vaccinated alongside their family members at the new Government House, Abakaliki.
The governor who spoke after receiving the vaccine, warned against the commercialisation of the vaccination saying that if allowed would create room for the fake vaccine to flood the state.
He said, “We must ensure strict monitoring of the vaccination because if we did not monitor it closely, there are two things that will start happening, you will see the vaccine going outside the confines of the ministry, and then the people will be asked to pay money.
“They will ask the people to pay money to be vaccinated. Then the fake Covid 19 vaccination will also come in and that will kill our people. I don’t want anything that will kill our people. So I want this vaccination to be properly monitored.
“I want everyone that will be vaccinated to fill a form and that form must be signed by the deputy governor and the Commissioner for Health before the vaccination will take place. The deputy governor must send to me daily how many persons have been vaccinated and at the end of every week the cumulative figure of the number of persons vaccinated.
“Members of Ebonyi state house of Assembly will be allocated 1000 doses, Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki 4000, the State Exco, their spouses and their children above 18 years, members of the Judiciary 1000 and security agencies 4000.
“Elderly people above 60 years 13000, local government Chairmen and their families 2500, state civil servants 3500, local government civil servants 3500, government house workers 1000 and others 2390.”
He urged the task force to ensure that the vaccination is complete within 10 days to maintain its efficacy and urged the people to embrace the vaccination.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Umezuruike, said about 46,090 vaccines were sent to the state and assured that the state will follow the National guideline.
