Photo:Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Executive Director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib and Lagos Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, during the Flag Off Ceremony of the “Count Me In! 4 Million Lagosians Vaccinated Against Covid-19” Campaign at Civic Center, Victoria Island, On Wednesday.
By Ihechi Enyinnaya
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it is targeting to vaccinate four million Lagosia s before the end of the yeat.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said this as he launched a mass vaccination campaign as part of the strategies to stave off re-emergence of the viral infection.
The immunisation programme was flagged off with a symbolic event held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island. Residents of Lagos, who are 18 years and above are eligible to be fully immunised with the COVID-19 vaccine.
The accelerated vaccine rollout is tagged: “Operation Count Me in 4 Million Lagosians Vaccinated Against COVID-19” and it is being undertaken by Lagos State Government in collaboration with National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).
The Governor believed the mass vaccination campaign would help bolster the State’s response to the emerging threat posed by the pandemic.
Sanwo-Olu said the joint committee set up by the Lagos State Government and NPHCDA to oversee the implementation of the campaign would be opening vaccination sites in high traffic locations as part of the strategies to expand vaccine access in underserved communities.
Mobile vans, the Governor added, would be deployed to move round boundary settlements in order to reach individuals in areas with limited access to health facilities. He said: “There is potential for the fourth wave of COVID-19, as our borders would be opened to all people coming into Lagos in December. To prevent the catastrophic events we witnessed in the previous waves, the State has developed a robust vaccination drive, leveraging on both the strengths we have in the public and private sector ”