Delta State Government has received 85,700 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as the first batch from the Federal Government.
State commissioner for Health, Dr. Ononye Mordi disclosed this at a press briefing in Asaba, the state capital.
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He said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa would commence roll out of the vaccines at the Asaba Specialist Hospital and would thereafter receive the vaccine while other workers follow suit.
“Some people say COVID-19 vaccine is a mark of the devil, but I know that it is like any other vaccine that makes chances of survival from a virus or disease,” he said.
