Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari (second left), being vaccinated with the Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine by the Chief Nursing Officer, State House Clinic, Esther Ibrahim-Tukur, in Abuja…yesterday. PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA
• Austria suspends jabs with batch of AstraZeneca vaccine after one person died, another fell ill after taking shots
• ‘Nigeria expecting next batch of COVID-19 vaccines in May, which may be sizable compared to initial delivery’
• Gambari, Marwa, Mustapha, ministers, PTF members, journalists receive first doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to further
demonstrate its safety, efficacy • PTF begins deployment of vaccines to states today
Concerns over safety of COVID-19 vaccines surged yesterday when Austria reportedly suspended vaccinations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s vaccine as a precaution following the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots.