COVID-19: Ebonyi Immunization Officer Reveals Vaccine’s Benefit –Says it is Safe, Non-Reactive

By NNAMDI ENE (ABAKALIKI)

The Ebonyi State Immunization Officer, Dr. Kalu Ogbonnaya has directed the people of the State to massively take advantage of the ongoing covid-19 vaccination as it is safe and nonreactive to fight the pandemic to a standstill.

 Dr. Kalu asserted this during a one-day media engagement on the risk associated with the covid-19 virus and the way forward at the Ministry of Health Centenary city, Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital.

The medical expert who said the covid-19 is real gone further and urged the people to endeavor to get vaccinated to avoid contracting the virus.

He stressed the need for people of the State to be an advocate instead of endangering the lives of the general public saying it is the best way to prevent the virus.

Kalu further noted that covid-19 vaccines including AstraZeneca, Modena, Johnson, and Johnson are for everyone who is eighteen years and above and advised the general public to avoid sharing false information about covid-19 to reduce the risk of creating fear and panic in the people’s minds.

Earlier, Toyeke Adedipe, the Risk Communication Community Consultant encouraged the media practitioners to avail themselves of the opportunity and also used their media outfit to champion the course of the covid-19 pandemic to get rid of the virus in the Country even as she said the vaccine is available for free at designated health facilities across the State.

The executive secretary of primary health care in Ebonyi State, Mrs. Kate Barren called all and sundry to visit the designated vaccination centers and take the vaccine both first and second jab to guarantee the safety of the residence of the State and the Country at large.

The representative of UNICEF, Mrs. Uju Eze tasked parents to persistently give their children polio OBR vaccine to curtail its outbreak in society.