The Federal Government has flagged off its Second Phase of the National Covid-19 vaccination after it received more than 4 million Moderna vaccine and 177,600 Johnson and Johnson vaccine in continuation of its effort to vaccinate 70 percent of the nation’s population. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Chairman, Presidential Steering…
As the Federal Government confirmed delivery of four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned residents that the Moderna vaccine cannot be mixed with AstraZeneca jab. Sanwo-Olu made this clarification on Monday while briefing residents on worrying trends of the third wave of…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday reassured Lagos State residents that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe. The Governor stated that he did not feel any side effects as claimed by some persons. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who received the AstraZeneca vaccine alongside his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi,…
Lagos State, being the epicentre of the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria, has received the highest allocation of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Tuesday. As several states across the country begin to confirm delivery of the vaccine, Lagos leads the allocation pack with 507,000 doses. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) received about 219,800 doses; Kaduna State got…