THE Edo State government has given staff in the state’s Ministry of Heath a seven-day ultimatum to get vaccinated against the Covid-19.
The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Patrick Irabor, who gave the directive in a memo dated August 30, 2021, said any staff who fails to comply with the directive would not be allowed into office.
The memo read: “I am directed to refer to the above subject and to notify all Staff of the Ministry of Health to get vaccinated against the deadly Covid-19 within the week.
“I am further directed to inform all that from Monday, September 6, 2021, any staff who has not taken the Covid-19 vaccine will not be allowed into the office premises.”
Meanwhile the state government yesterday confirmed three more Covid-19 deaths and 92 new cases in the state.
The state Covid-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this to journalists at the end of a virtual meeting of the state’s Covid-19 Taskforce chaired by Governor Godwin Obaseki in Benin City.
He said the figure brought the total number of fatalities recorded in the state since the onset of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic to 11.
He urged the people of the state to get vaccinated in order to stay alive and healthy.
Obi said: “Edo, in the last 72 hours, recorded three more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths recorded in the third wave of the pandemic to 11.
“We also confirmed 92 new cases from the 522 samples collected within the 72-hour timeframe, with 56 recoveries and 254 active cases that are being managed at various treatment and isolation centres within the state.
“It is imperative to note that while 100 percent of the deaths recorded in the state are from unvaccinated persons, 96 percent of infections in the state are people who were never vaccinated against the deadly virus.
“Of course, this necessitates the need for everyone to get inoculated as the vaccines provide significant protection against the virus.”
