COVID-19: Kwara records 3,513 cases, 57 deaths from inception - Commissioner

Date: 2021-08-31

Dr Raji Razaq, the Commissioner for Health, Kwara, on Monday in Ilorin said that the state had so far recorded 3,513 cases and 57 deaths since inception of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Razaq, who stated this during the inauguration of the second round of COVID-19 vaccine, said that the state was already in the third phase of the pandemic.

He said that the government would not rest on its oars to protect the citizens, saying that second round of the COVID-19 vaccine would ensure people got the full protection against the disease.

He said that the government would begin administering total of 102 ,900 doses of Moderna vaccine for the first phase of the second round after, which the second phase would commence after six weeks.

The commissioner also stated that the 22,744 doses of Astra Zenica vaccine would be administered as the second dose to people who had earlier receives the first dose.

According to him, people need not die of COVID-19, as the government had painstakingly acquired the vaccine to ensure the safety of the people against the disease.

"The vaccine is safe for everybody. People should disregard any myth about the vaccine that it is dangerous. Prevention is cheaper and better than cure," he said.

Razaq said that the state primary healthcare development agency had been transformed for optimal performance, as it had recorded success during its performance on COVID-19 vaccine in the first phase.

Speaking earlier, Dr Nusirat Elelu, the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, lamented that some people do not believe in the vaccines.

She reiterated that COVID-19 vaccine "works and people should try to get vaccinated, the agency is also monitoring any adverse or non-adverse effect that may occur."

According to her, it is normal to feel mild fever and pain after being vaccinated.

Elelu said that there were 56 designated places across the 16 local government areas of the state for the second phase COVID-19 vaccination.

Dr Michael Oguntoye, the Director, Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency said that the government had taken control of the vaccine to prevent any counterfeit product circulating.

He emphasised on the importance of the vaccine, adding that per adventure, people come down with the disease, it will not be serious and it will not be fatal.NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

SUBEB     KWASIEC     Summit University     Iyiola Oyedepo     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     CACOVID Palliatives     Tunde Akanbi     Ahmad Lawan     Ayo Opadokun     Ayo Salami     Bashiru Makama     Ibrahim Mashood     NYSC     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Kwara Politics     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Awili Pedro     Bukola Ajikobi     ASUU     Toyin Sanusi     Wahab Abayawo     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Kwara Pdp     Rafiu Ibrahim     GRA     Unilorin FM     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Muhammed Abdullahi     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Dasuki Belgore     Bolaji Aladie     Tunde Oyawoye     Tunde Saad     TVC Female National Debate     Kolo     Ogbondoroko     Usman Rifun     Budo Egba     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Akorede     Ibikunle Ogunleye     SWAN     Turaki     Olatunji Ibrahim     Alaiye     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     National Broadcasting Commission     Suleiman Mora Omar     Rashidi Yekini     Kazeem Oladepo     John Mayokun Dada     Dagbalodo     JAMB     Toyin Saraki     Awoye     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Lithium Deposit     Alagbado     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Onikijipa     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     SWAN     Hussein Oloyede     Kwara Basketball Association     Adamu Atta     Binta Sulyman     Gbenga Adebayo     Trader Moni     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Dauda Adesola     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Arandun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Shoprite     Curfew     Pategi     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Ndama Al-hassan     Yakubu Gobir     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Bola Olukoju     Bayer AG     FERMA     Revenue Court     IF-K     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Benin Republic     Kwabes     Quarry Royal Valley     Facebook     Lanre Issa Onilu     Jani Ibrahim     ER-KANG     Rihanat Ajia     UITH     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Kwara State Sports Commission     Hussein Oloyede     Twitter     Saba Mamman Daniel     Aliyu Muyideen     KFA     Garba Idris Ajia     Akeem Lawal     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Yakub Lai Gobir     Matthew Babaoye     Halimah Perogi     Mufutau Olatinwo     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Yusuf Abdulwahab     KSIRS     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Issa Memunat Moyosore     KWAFFA     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Ita-Ore     Basic Education Certificate Examination     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Okoolowo     Ubandoma     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Hussein Olokooba     AIT Ilorin     Memunat Monsuma     Balogun Fulani     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Quran     Ademola Kiyesola     Akanbi-Oke     IHS Towers     Ajia-Bako     Kwara Restoration Project     Hassanat Bello     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Maryam A. Garuba     Saeedat Aliyu     Oja-Oba     Binta Abubakar Mora     Eleyele     Tosin Saraki     Dauda Adesola     Lai Gobir     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Police Commissioner     GGDSS Pakata     Titus Ashaolu     Saliu Ajibola Ajia