Enugu government says 5,014 residents of the State have so far received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination since it started on June 1.
The statement was revealed by the Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), Dr George Ugwu in Enugu.
ENS-PHCDA had commenced the second dose of the vaccine on June 1 to health workers at the state’s COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Enugu.
Ugwu stated that the agency successfully administered the first dose to 33,800 residents, which included health workers, security men, the elderly and critical leaders in the state.
He said that the ongoing exercise had continued smoothly, with more people coming to Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) and other sites of the vaccination as days progressed.
According to him, the state government through the Agency had opened more vaccination sites to make for ease of access and reach for residents partaking in the ongoing first phase of the vaccination.
According to him, today, we have three fixed posts within three PHCs and two mobile posts for the vaccination in each of the 17 council areas in the state.
“While in each council area we have at least one additional site, called supersite, in each council area.
“The supersite is located in a public place in the most populated centre or area of the council area.
“We have two more supersites within Enugu metropolis due to the overwhelming population within the metropolis.
“The concept of the supersite is meant to get the COVID-19 vaccination closer to where the bulk of the population of the people live and they can easily access the service’’.
The executive secretary said that the state recently opened a state supersite or special supersite at the office of the ENS-PHCDA within the Enugu metropolis.
He explained that the special supersite’’ is where the agency has a special NPHCDA website internet service that monitors and access the national COVID-19 vaccination registration real-time.
“The special supersite is where we attend to those coming from other states that have taken their first jab (dose) but wish to take their second jab within Enugu State.
“With the help of the internet monitoring of the vaccination website, we will be able to ascertain the COVID-19 vaccination status of the visitor, who must have his or her green card.
“When we ascertain that he or she have certainly taken his or her first jab through the internet via the PHCDA website for the vaccination, we can comfortably administer the second jab to such person.
“Thus, saving the personality the time, cost and inconvenience of travelling back to his or her point of the first jab in his previous”
