1, 200 doses of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been allocated to Adamawa State.
The Executive Chairman of the state’s Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Doctor Suleiman Bashir, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday.
Bashir, further revealed that the state is looking at vaccinating less than 600 people, as according to him about 500 vaccine doses will be reserved for front-line healthcare providers.
To put this in context, Adamawa State has an estimated population of 4.2 million people.
He said, “About 1, 200 doses of coronavirus vaccine doses would come to Adamawa and we’ve split the 1, 200 into two. We’re looking at vaccinating less than 600 people.
“We were to start January but now we are in February, the vaccines have yet to come. We’re targeting front-line health workers who are providing services in the isolation centres.
“After this category, we look at the elderly, those above 50 years old, then those with core morbidity; after them, other health workers. This strategy was given by the epidemiologist of the disease,” he said.
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