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Worries over killings, banditry, kidnapping By Chioma Obinna Amid speculations of a possible entrance of the Indian COVID-19 variant of concern into the country, the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has appealed to adult Nigerians, particularly, medical and health workers and persons with co-morbidities to go for COVID-19 vaccination.
The NMA also expressed worry over what it described as a “worsening’ spate of killings, and kidnapping, among others, calling on the federal government to quickly bring the humanitarian disaster under control.
Making these calls among others in a communique at the end its 61st Annual General Conference held in Jos, Plateau State recently, the President of the NMA, Prof. Innocent Ujah, and Secretary-General, Dr Philips Uche Ekpe, reiterated that the COVID-19 vaccine has been clinically demonstrated to be safe and effective in reducing infection rates.