President Muhammadu Buhari has received a COVID-19 booster shot.
Gatekeepers News reports that President Buhari has received his third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine – a booster shot, today – Tuesday at the State House, Abuja.
Buhari, therefore, assured Nigerians of the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness.
The Federal Government of Nigeria commenced the administration of booster shots earlier this month.
This is part of the government’s effort to halt the spread of Omicron, a relatively new variant of the COVID-19 virus.
At the time of the commencement, the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, said “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.”
