The Ogun State government has taken delivery of an initial set of 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine, out of the 100, 000 doses available in the first batch.

Governor DAPO ABIODUN on behalf of the state government received the vaccines at the Government House in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital.

He added that the state was the first in the country to receive the jabs, and assured that they would be deployed immediately across the 236 wards of the 20 local governments of the state.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Governor DAPO ABIODUN has taken his first dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Governor’s office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital.

The state deputy governor, NOIMOT SALAKO-OYEDELE, and two frontline health workers were also administered the vaccine.

The governor after taking the vaccine said, taking his dose is first a service to himself and to the people.