Following the arrival of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine into the country on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday get vaccinated publicly.
The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this Thursday.
Before the president and vice president, Shuaib said, the staff of National Hospital, Abuja would receive the vaccine on Friday, when it would be officially launched in the nation’s capital.
He said that the exercise would help boost the confidence of Nigerians in the vaccine.
The Herald can report that four million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine were shipped into the country on Tuesday.
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After the frontline health workers, the NPHCDA boss stated, ”Buhari and Osinbajo will then be vaccinated alongside strategic leaders on Saturday.
“Again, we are hopeful that when Nigerians see leaders like Mr. President and Vice-President take this vaccine, it will increase their confidence around the safety of the vaccines.
“After we are able to get our strategic leaders to publicly demonstrate that these vaccines are safe, the plan is to now go to the state level to start the launch from the treatment centres and also get strategic leaders such as governors to publicly take the vaccine.”
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