By Muhd A. Haidar
Governor Muhammed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa on Thursday received second jab of the Astrazeneca vaccine.
He was vaccinated at the government house chamber shortly before the commencement of the bi-weekly state executive council meeting.
The executive Secretary, Jigawa state Primary Healthcare Board, Dr. Kabiru Ibrahim stated this at the flag-off of the second jab of the vaccination exercise held at Kudai Primary Health care centre Dutse.
Dr. Kabiru explained that the essence of the second phase is to induce the front line workers that took the first jab to take the second jab for them to be fully protected from the covid-19.
According to him the national guide line has prescribed that the two doses must be separated from each other maximum of six weeks and not exceeding twelve weeks.
Earlier, the state government received the delivery of about seventy thousand doses of the oxford Astrazeneca covid 19 vaccine.