Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai where he reportedly got his first jab.
Atiku’s media aide Paul Ibe, who confirmed the report revealed that the former VP received the second dose of the jab on Wednesday.
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The former Vice-President received the first dose on the 6th of January in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates making him one of the first set of Nigerians to receive the vaccine.
Paul Ibe said Atiku took the first dose as part of the mass vaccination programme.
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by many countries including the United States and the United Kingdom.
He wrote on Twitter;
H.E @atiku earlier today took his second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. He had earlier had the first jab on the 6th of January. pic.twitter.com/EZ6wIzLqsE
Three weeks ago, Abubakar, had become one of the first Nigerians to take the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine when he took his first dose of the vaccine in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Since COVID-19 was first detected in China in December 2019, it has infected over 87 million people and killed nearly 1.9 million across the world.
Vaccines were deployed in a few countries late in 2020 after a couple of them were confirmed to be over 90% effective against the virus.
Nigeria hopes to start a mass vaccination campaign at the end of January, with the delivery of 42 million doses of the vaccine expected by the end of the year.
That figure is expected to inoculate less than half of the nation’s estimated population of 200 million.
Since Nigeria’s first case was detected last February, over 92,000 cases have been recorded, with a feared second wave of infections kicking off in December.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK