25 Cases Reported As Fresh COVID-19 Outbreak Hit Benue

 The Word Health Organisation, WHO, has said 25 fresh cases of the Coronavirus disease, COVID-19 infections, has been discovered in Benue State.

The WHO in a statement advised people to take advantage of the availability of vaccines to protect themselves because the virus is still very prevalent.

The Benue State WHO, Surveillance Officer, Ogechukwu Chigbo at a one-day Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, and Media Engagement/Orientation meeting on COVID-19 Ramp up in Makurdi, cautioned that COVID-19 was still prevalent advising that people take advantage of the availability of vaccines to protect themselves from the virus.

 “The problem is that there are a lot of negative rumours about COVID-19 vaccine. There is need to ensure that everybody gets vaccinated because this is the period that we record outbreaks. And the reason why people are not coming down with the virus is because of the vaccine", she stated.

“People should come out and get vaccinated because those dying of COVID when the vaccine is available are committing suicide. On our part we cannot allow people to die because they do not know that the vaccine is there to protect them. There is enough vaccine to protect everyone.

“This year we recorded 25 cases in Benue, though no fatalities that is the more reason why we must all come out and get vaccinated.”

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She said WHO decided to integrate COVID-19 vaccination into the routine immunisation exercise to further drive the courage in the state.

"We have been implementing series of campaigns on COVID-19. We have had phases of it and we have been experiencing some challenges and since we are not able to reach at least 70 percent in Benue, it is better to have the vaccine integrated as part of the routine immunisation", she noted.