“Venezuela will not grant a license to use the AstraZeneca vaccine due to adverse results [on people who received the vaccine] around the world, Rodriguez said.
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The state COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr Andrew Obi, disclosed this on Monday in Benin during the daily virtual meeting of the state’s COVID-19 Taskforce.
“After new reports of thromboses of the cerebral veins in connection with the vaccination in Germany and Europe, the PEI considers further investigations to be necessary,” the health ministry said, referring to a recommendation by the country’s vaccine authority, the Paul Ehrlich Institute.
The Governor stated that he did not feel any side effects as claimed by some persons.
Some of them, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in separate interviews, said that they preferred provision of food, security and other social amenities to the vaccine.
Adeyeye, who stated this on Thursday in Abuja, shortly after she got vaccinated, said NAFDAC went through the application dossier of the vaccine before it was approved to be administered on Nigerians for the treatment of COVID-19.
Speaking after being vaccinated on Wednesday in Lafia, Sule said the vaccine was very safe, hence he received it on camera to disabuse the minds of those still doubting its efficacy.
The Deputy Governor, Alhaji Baba Tela, said this while receiving the vaccines at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
Dr Emmanuel Akabe, Deputy Governor of the state gave the confirmation on Tuesday while inspecting vaccines storage facility at the central medical store in Lafia.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, and made available to newsmen in Benin on Wednesday.
AstraZeneca, in a statement, said the first doses are being released so that vaccinations may begin early in the new year.
The statement quoted Okonjo-Iweala as disclosing this after a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja.
They suggested that it is not as powerful as two vaccines already announced by other firms.
According to the Argentinian President, Alberto Fernandez, Argentina and Mexico will be in charge of the Latin American production of the vaccine developed by the university and the Swedish-British pharmaceutical group once it receives regulatory approval.