The administration of Moderna vaccine will hold in Lagos this weekend –Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th August, 2021, the Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has said.
Abayomi disclosed this on Thursday after receiving the preliminary report of day three of the vaccination exercise in the state.
He explained that the plan to vaccinate this weekend was necessitated by the need to ensure that citizens who were scheduled for vaccination on Saturday and Sunday get their first dose as scheduled to avoid a backlog which may strain the process.
The commissioner, however, noted that the vaccination exercise in Lagos will hold ONLY week days after this weekend exercise, except otherwise stated.
Abayomi urged successful enrollees who have been scheduled for vaccination this weekend to present themselves at their assigned vaccination sites between the hours of 9.00am and 4.00pm to get their jab.
He said: “We have scheduled some of our people for vaccination this weekend, precisely this Saturday and Sunday, and we are not planning to deprive them of vaccination as scheduled.
“The vaccination teams will be on the ground at the various vaccination sites on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th to attend to this category of people.
“This weekend exercise is, however, a one-off exercise in this phase of the campaign subject to further review. After this weekend, vaccination will hold on weekdays – Mondays to Fridays only.”