The Enugu State Government disclosed says it has opened 19 centres to facilitate the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination
Secretary of Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr George Ugwu, made the statement in Enugu on Thursday.
Ugwu disclosed that the sites were opened to create more access and reach for the exercise.
NAN reported that state government on June 2 began administering the second jab of the COVID-19 vaccine especially among health workers, security men, the elderly and critical leaders.
He said that 33,800 persons were vaccinated during the first jab.
“The state government through the agency opened one supersite in each of the 17 local government areas and two within the Enugu metropolis.
“The superite concept is a fall out of what we learnt during the administration of the first jab.
“The site is to complement the three fixed posts within the PHCs and two mobile posts for the vaccination in each council area.
“The concept of the supersites for vaccination is to liberalise the vaccination and take care of heavily or densely populated areas within each council area and metropolis.
“It will make the vaccines closer to the bulk of the population in order to ensure effectiveness in meeting the targeted population,’’ he said.
The executive secretary noted that for Enugu metropolis, two super-sites for COVID-19 had been located in Shoprite mall and within the premises of University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC).
“We are looking at opening additional super-sites in Enugu metropolis due to the very high population within the metropolis to effectively reach the people.
“We are working on opening new sites within Ogbete Main Market as well as in one more shopping mall either in Roban Store or SPAR mall,’’ he added.
NAN reported that the state government on March 8 received 65,400 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Abuja.
The state-wide COVID-19 vaccination began across the state on March 19.
The ENS-PHCDA had deployed 102 well-trained vaccination teams for the exercise.
