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The Ogun state government says it has received 187,426 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

Tomi Coker, the state commissioner for health, in a statement on Saturday, said the vaccines arrived in Abeokuta, the state capital, late Thursday night.

Coker said the state had earlier received and installed ultra cold chain refrigerators to store and preserve the vaccines.

She explained that the state would begin the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccination exercise next week, targeting adults from 18 years and above.

“Ogun in March, became the first state in the country to receive COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government,  with the receipt of 126,717 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca brand,” she said.

“Out of this, no fewer than 57,588 persons were successfully vaccinated, with both first and second doses in the state.

“We are currently in the middle of the third wave of the pandemic, with significant mortality rate in the last four weeks.

“As another round of vaccination commences next week, the people are hereby implored to continue to observe the nonpharmaceutical interventions, such as wearing nose masks properly when in the public, frequent washing of hands, physical distancing and avoiding large crowds.”