Elizabeth O.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has incurred that COVID-19 vaccines are extremely imperative for the safety of Nigerians.
Aso naija learned that Mustapha, who is the chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19, urged religious bodies to enlighten their members on the benefits and efficacy of vaccines against the pandemic.
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He said “As a nation, our national response has been very robust with significant positive results because we deployed non pharmaceutical interventions, testing, detection and treatment as a strategy.
For risk communication, the PTF mounted its outreach using several channels including the faith based organisations such as the CAN.
Unfortunately, Nigeria, like the rest of the world, is now experiencing a more virulent second wave which has increased the number of COVID-19 related deaths from 1173 on November 29 2020 to 1,578 on January 31, 2021. An increase of 34 per cent”.
