Edo government urges vaccinations as COVID-19 infections
The Edo state government has said that unvaccinated persons account for over 98.7 per cent of deaths recorded in the state in the third wave of the pandemic, with the total number of mortalities reaching 54.
The COVID-19 state Incident Manager, Dr Andrew Obi made this during the daily virtual meeting of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, chaired by Gov. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, in Benin. He said that the state in the last twenty-four hours has recorded one death, sixty – three new confirmed cases, fifty – four recoveries and five hundred and forty- six active cases that are being managed at various treatment and isolation centers.
Obi, who lamented about the increase in the number of infections and deaths in the state, urge the residents of the state to get vaccinated against the virus to stay alive and healthy, as more unvaccinated persons continued to die from the virus.
He further urged residents, who were yet to receive their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, to come out for the second dose in order to get full protection against the virus, while others who had not been vaccinated were encouraged to come out and get the vaccinated.
He added that the state government had intensified the vaccination of citizens across the 18 local government areas, urging those who had not been vaccinated to do so in order to remain healthy and protected against the deadly virus.
