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COVID-19 VACCINATION: Edo govt’ll act to protect its people – Obaseki

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The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, said the government owes a sacred duty to the populace to take all actions necessary to protect the health of the majority of the citizens, noting that its efforts to achieve herd immunity through the vaccination of majority of Edo citizens is to ensure the safety and health of the people.

Obaseki, who spoke during a press conference at the Government House in Benin City, said the government shall continue to pursue all legal and administrative options available for the protection of the best interest of the good people of Edo State.

According to him, “The attention of the Edo State Government has been drawn to an order by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, directing the Government to maintain the status quo on the purported compulsory vaccination of its citizens with the COVID-19 vaccine.

“To the best of our knowledge, the order is at best speculative and pre-emptive as the scheduled date for the commencement of the enforcement of the directive by the state government is the second week of September, 2021.

“It must be stated that there is an obvious misconception that the directive issued by government was to make vaccination compulsory for all citizens.”

Obaseki continued: “Although the State Governor, in truth, has the power to make such an order under the Gazetted Quarantine Regulations, this directive is actually only a denial of access to public places of persons who chose not to be vaccinated. We believe government’s overriding concern is the safety and health of its citizens.

“We are currently confronted with a situation wherein the Case Positivity Rate (CPR) for COVID-19 hovers between 15 and 25 percent as death.

 

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