President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, at the State House in Abuja, received a COVID-19 booster shot.
Afterwards, the President assured Nigerians of the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness.
The Nigerian government commenced the administration of booster shots in December as steps to halt the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
“Following the detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the Federal Government reviewed the country’s vaccination programme and resolved to introduce the booster dose using the Pfizer Bio-N-Tech vaccine across the country,” the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, said at the time of the commencement.
Persons eligible for the booster dose must be 18 years and above, fully vaccinated with either two doses of AstraZeneca, Moderna, or Pfizer Bio-N-Tech, or a single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
The time interval before the booster dose is at least six months for all the vaccines, except the Johnson and Johnson variant which is at least two months.
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