Kwara State government is to vaccinate 150,000 children below the age of five year.
The wife of the state governor, Mrs Olufolake AbdulRazaq, disclosed this in Ilorin, the state capital while flagging off the rotavirus vaccination exercise.
The governor’s wife said children should not be allowed to die of ailments that are preventable.
She revealed that rotavirus has been responsible for the death of over 40 per cent of children across the globe.
Mrs AbdulRazaq expressed confidence that the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine into routine immunization will help in giving children the required protection against diseases
Also speaking, the executive secretary, Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Nusirat Elelu, said all arrangements have been put in place to ensure that all the children shortlisted for the rotavirus vaccination are adequately covered.
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