The federal government has stopped giving COVID-19 jabs to Nigerians because of the vaccine’s shortfall.
“We believe that in a situation where we still cannot specifically determine when the next batch of AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive, I think wisdom dictates that it’s better for us to vaccinate people fully,” said the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, at Tuesday’s media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja.
Mamora added that it was also to enable those who had received their first jab to be able to complete their vaccination.
“So, we can say that we have a pool of citizens that have been fully vaccinated since this vaccination comes in two doses,” he said. “So that’s what gave rise to that directive, rather than just going ahead with just a single dose when the full dose should be two doses of the same.
Mamora added, “So we felt that it was proper for us in the circumstance to ensure that those who have been vaccinated have been fully vaccinated.”
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