President Muhammadu Buhari has received COVID-19 booster shot on Tuesday at the presidential villa , Abuja
The federal government announced commencement of booster shots earlier this month to stem the spread of Omicron varint of COVID-19 virus.
“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.
The booster is for those persons who are 18 years and above, fully vaccinated with either two doeses of AstraZeneca, Moderna or Pfizer Bion-N-Tech or a single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
