Secretary of the Kano Pilgrims Welfare Board, Abba Dambatta, has disclosed that it would commence administration of the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine for 2021 intending pilgrims on May 24.
Dambatta who made the disclosure on Saturday in Kano, further stated that the move became necessary after Saudi Arabia made it mandatory for all 2021 intending pilgrims to take the vaccine before coming to perform the Hajj.
According to him, the vaccine would be administered by officials from the Ministry of Health.
“The first and second doses of the vaccine is between eight to 12 weeks and each intending pilgrims must present a certificate for both the first and second dose of the vaccine.
“The board has also begun daily induction process across the 32 centres out of the 44 local government areas of the state”, he said.
Dambatta appealed to the intending pilgrims to attend all the enlightenment programmes, as well as get vaccinated.
The secretary also explained that the National Hajj Commission had built a clinic worth N44 million, funded from the state’s development levy for pilgrims and entire the Kano community.
