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COVID-19: 60,000 Residents Vaccinated In Osun – Official

 

Yusuf Oketola

NO fewer than 60,000 residents of the State of Osun, have been fully vaccinated against Coronavirus. 

The Chairman of Osun Primary Healthcare Development Board, Pharm. Leke Ogunsola said this on Tuesday, while defending the budget of the agency before Osun House of Assembly’s Joint Committees on Finance and Appropriation.

According to Ogunsola, more than 60,000 people had received full COVID-19 vaccination while over 200,000 people had also taken the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Ogunsola explained that the state has also completed the second phase of polio vaccination.

“We were also able to provide polio vaccination at the primary health centres in addition to taking the vaccination to homes, schools and religious centres”, he stated.  

He stated further that with the renovation of the 332 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) across the state, the agency had been rendering effective healthcare services to the people.

 

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