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Vaccine side effect fear: Vaccination continues, says FG, eight countries suspend rollout


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Published 12 March 2021
The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigeria would continue to administer  AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite its suspension by eight European countries over fear of its possible deadly side effects.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said suspending the vaccine would amount to a fire brigade approach.
Also a prominent virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, in an interview with
The PUNCH, stated that there was nothing to worry about.
Recall that the Federal Government on Tuesday last week received  3.94 million doses of the vaccine from  COVAX facility, an initiative co-led by the Vaccine Alliance, GAVI and the World Health Organisation. ....

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