The Commissioner for Health, Muhammad Ja’afar, said this while briefing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi.
“We have received the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines early morning of today.
“A total number of 57,810 doses and devices have been allocated and delivered to Kebbi State,” he said.
Ja’afar assured that the vaccines were safe, adding that frontline healthcare workers would be the first to receive the vaccines.
“Aside the frontline, then followed by other health workers and strategic political leaders of the three tiers of governments.
“It will also include the traditional and religious leaders, and other frontline workers as media, security agencies and bank officials as well as citizens of the state.
“The vaccines have been stored at the state cold medical stores where it will be transported to Local Government Areas’ (LGAs) cold stores.
“From there to solar fridges where the vaccination will continue to the 21 LGAs of the state,” he said.
The commissioner assured the people that the vaccination would commence as soon as the modality for the inoculation was completed.
