Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State alongside his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and some commissioners were vaccinated against coronavirus on Friday, The PUNCH reports.
They got doses of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 COVAX vaccine imported into on March 2.
Also, senior government officials and frontline health workers got the vaccine at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba in the presence of the World Health Organisation, and other international health organisations’ officials.
Sanwo-Olu debunked claims that the vaccine had side effects after receiving doses of it.
He said the vaccine is safe, stressing that it was brought in to prevent COVID-19 from having an adverse effect on the state.
The governor, who commended health workers in the state, said he felt no pains after receiving the vaccine.