The commissioner said the state would adopt the 'ring vaccination' strategy in which family members of a COVID-19 positive individual are vaccinated
Lagos State has received another batch of
The commissioner said this at a press briefing on Wednesday on the "Prevention of Third Wave of COVID-19 in Lagos State.
"In addition to the 507,000 doses that we got from the federal government, we have also received in the last few days, an additional consignment of 57,000 doses of
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Ring vaccination strategy
Explaining the 'ring vaccination' strategy,
"A number of people who are coming into
"What we are trying to do is to use some of the new vaccines in ring vaccination. When we get someone that has turned positive, we will be deploying some of the vaccines to vaccinate members of their immediate households to stop the transmission of the virus from the traveller to people that live in the same home," the commissioner explained.
"While it may not protect you from contracting the virus, it certainly protects you from being critically ill and suffer fatal illness as a result of COVID-19," he said,
"We are not resting, we are preparing and building resilience to ensure that we make it difficult for a mutant or new strain virus to enter
"We have built 10 sample collection and oxygen centres across the state. The facilities will allow people to get tested and receive emergency oxygen," the commissioner said.
He added that the state is doing all it can to prevent a third wave of pandemic.
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