The Director-General, Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Janet Ekpenyong, has received that the Coronavirus vaccine has been taken well by the people as more than 27,000 residents have since accepted the AstraZeneca vaccine.
She shot down claims making rounds that the AstraZeneca vaccines are not of high quality. She called those information as misleading as it does not reflect the true nature of the vaccine. She also revealed that most of the participants have showed their willingness to step forward and take the second jab.
In her words: “As of today over 27,000 health and front-line workers have been vaccinated in the state. “The attention of the Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency was drawn to a purported news making rounds which tries to instigate fear in the minds of Cross River residents over the efficacy, genuity, and quality of the AstraZeneca vaccine. “The information is not only misleading but callous, ridiculous, and scandalous with the publisher of the said news only trying to exaggerate common information at his disposal without engaging in a thorough check and balance system as professionals do.
“The news is not only misleading but exaggerated by antivaxers who are bent on discrediting the state’s efforts towards attaining a 100 per cent vaccination,”
“Nobody, including health workers were forced to take the vaccine in Cross River, rather it was voluntary. The over 27,000 eligible adults who have already been vaccinated provided themselves voluntarily across the state due to self-conviction and have expressed their desire to complete their dosages in the next few weeks.
“There is no need to panic as the next phase of vaccination is slated for the coming weeks. “We encourage our people to come out en masse and get themselves immunised against the dreaded COVID-19,”
Source: www.NaijaOnPoint.com
