December 06, (THEWILL) – The Benue State Government has vaccinated over 190,000 people against COVID-19. The Director of Disease Surveillance and Immunisation at the State Primary Healthcare Board, Mr Joseph Kolove, who made the disclosure in Makurdi, said that massive vaccination would be flagged off in the state soon.
According to him, the first and second phases of vaccination, which is targeted at a certain category of people has been completed, while the 3rd phase will involve both public and private facilities to ensure wider coverage.
Speaking, an Assistant Director and State Epidiamologist, Dr Henry Ijabo, urged the state government to step up surveillance in order to ensure early detection and treatment, especially with the discovery of the Omicron variant of the virus.
Ijabo stated that the rapid response team had been moving round to educate the people on the need to continue to observe the Covid-19 protocols.
On his part, the State Risk Communicator, Mrs Mary Ike, said enough sensitisation had been carried out to educate the people, especially those that took the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, on the need to complete the vaccination.
A participant, Mr Emeka Orji, advised the government to create vaccination points close to people’s homes and to ensure that full sensitisation on COVID-19 is carried out across the state to check the spread of the virus.
