The Federal Government has announced August 16 as the new date for the beginning of the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination in the country.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed the new date on Monday while featuring on “Good Morning Nigeria,” a live programme of theThe minister explained that the postponement of the commencement from August 10 to August 16 was “purely administrative.”
“The exercise was supposed to commence tomorrow , August 10, but we suspended it till Monday, and the reason is purely administrative. He said, likethe first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine which had been fully administered without hitch, the doses of Moderna vaccine donated to the country by the US were “safe and meant to save lives.”
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