At the State House in Abuja on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari was given a COVID-19 booster shot.
Earlier this month, the federal government began administering booster doses in an effort to stem the spread of Omicron, a relatively new strain of the COVID-19 virus.
“Following the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the Federal Government reviewed the country’s vaccination program and resolved to introduce the booster dose using the Pfizer Bio-N-Tech vaccine across the country,” said Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency.
Those who are eligible for the booster dosage must be at least 18 years old and have received two doses of the AstraZeneca, Moderna, or Pfizer Bio-N-Tech vaccine or a single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
For these vaccines, the period between booster doses is at least six months, except for the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which is at least two months.
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