The Federal Government has announced a new date of Aug. 16 to begin administering the second batch of COVID-19 Moderna vaccines doses donated by the U.S.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the announcement on Monday when he featured on “Good Morning Nigeria’’ a live programme of the Nigerian Television Authority.
“You see, when vaccines arrive the country, they are taken to National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control The minister debunked reports in certain publications that the exercise was postponed indefinitely over concerned raised by some experts on the propriety of using Moderna vaccines.
He explained that the 18 years and above were targeted because the younger ones, even in the US, were now becoming more vulnerable to COVID-19infection and attack “You will not be hospitalised, talk less of death as opposed to the fellow that has not taken the vaccine.Mohammed said following the pandemic, a major challenge faced was “infodemic’’ caused by fake news around the vaccine.
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