Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Pfizer
vaccine which is the first Coronavirus vaccine to be granted emergency use
authorisation by the WHO, is said to be 90 percent effective.
In a
statement released by the spokesperson of the former PDP Presidential candidate
Paul Ibe, Atiku expressed hope of Nigerians, especially medical professionals
in the frontline and the most vulnerable will be vaccinated in the country.
It read;
“The
importance of the #COVID19 vaccine in mitigating the effect of the coronavirus
cannot be overstated, particularly in Africa and Nigeria. Yesterday
(Wednesday), as part of the mass vaccination programme, His Excellency Atiku
Abubakar received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
“He is
anxiously looking forward to when Nigerians, especially medical professionals
in the frontline and the most vulnerable will be vaccinated in the
country."
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