Abayomi made this known through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi, on Friday while giving the state’s COVID-19 vaccination update for May 31.xHe said 12,288 persons received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on the reported date. According to him, 300, 534 persons who received the first jab of the vaccine were yet to get the second shot. xThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commissioner had earlier stated that 317,916 persons were inoculated with the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Abayomi said the administration of the second dose of the vaccine, which began on May 28, was in continuation of the phase one vaccination exercise. x“For anyone to be fully vaccinated, two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are required, with an interval of six to 12 weeks,” he said.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2021 10:29 UTC