{"id":4601,"date":"2021-04-05T22:44:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T22:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2021-04-05T23:00:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T23:00:01","slug":"at-last-kogi-takes-delivery-of-16900-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/at-last-kogi-takes-delivery-of-16900-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"At last, Kogi takes delivery of 16,900 doses of COVID-19 vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Stephen Adeleye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kogi State Government on Monday night eventually took delivery of about 16, 900 doses of the AstraZeneca Vaccine, to be flagged off in the state on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Abubakar Yakubu, the Executive Director of Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA), led a team of officials from the agency and Kogi Ministry of Health to receive the vaccines at the National Programme on Immunization (NPI) Unit of the State Central Medical Store, Lokoja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to newsmen shortly after taken delivery of the vaccines, Yakubu said that the most awaited COVID-19 vaccines arrived Kogi from Abuja at about 7:40 pm, saying the state was well prepared for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

”We have about 16,900 doses of the vaccine, and by tomorrow Tuesday we hope to flag off the campaign in the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n