{"id":42021,"date":"2021-04-07T09:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T09:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42021"},"modified":"2021-04-07T09:59:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T09:59:06","slug":"why-nigerian-govt-halted-covid-19-vaccination-health-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42021","title":{"rendered":"Why Nigerian govt halted COVID-19 vaccination \u2013 Health minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Olorunnimbe-Mamora.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Government has explained why it halted the administration of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine halfway in the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal government had last week asked the state government to suspend the vaccination once they have used half of the doses allocated to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"740\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?client=ca-pub-6945008995728725&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;adk=3259916396&amp;adf=3781990557&amp;pi=t.aa~a.1209929155~i.3~rp.4&amp;w=740&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1617786270&amp;num_ads=1&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=7126380721&amp;psa=1&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=740x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ripplesnigeria.com%2Fwhy-nigerian-govt-halted-covid-19-vaccination-health-minister%2F&amp;flash=0&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=185&amp;rw=740&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1617788394693&amp;bpp=22&amp;bdt=4374&amp;idt=-M&amp;shv=r20210401&amp;cbv=r20190131&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Deff97a19505d50f5-22fcf8c255a7007e%3AT%3D1617788392%3ART%3D1617788392%3AS%3DALNI_Ma29tSGjvpWbGsOVgePdMmadk_hpw&amp;prev_fmts=0x0&amp;nras=2&amp;correlator=5372185741626&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;ga_vid=1272634777.1617788225&amp;ga_sid=1617788393&amp;ga_hid=1900434750&amp;ga_fc=0&amp;u_tz=120&amp;u_his=3&amp;u_java=0&amp;u_h=1024&amp;u_w=1280&amp;u_ah=984&amp;u_aw=1280&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_nplug=3&amp;u_nmime=4&amp;adx=112&amp;ady=955&amp;biw=1263&amp;bih=918&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=42530671%2C44739526%2C44740079%2C44739387&amp;oid=3&amp;pvsid=2523597326958145&amp;pem=288&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ripplesnigeria.com%2F&amp;rx=0&amp;eae=0&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1280%2C0%2C1280%2C984%2C1280%2C918&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=8320&amp;bc=29&amp;ifi=2&amp;uci=a!2&amp;btvi=1&amp;xpc=IIbwSAPWAQ&amp;p=https%3A\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com&amp;dtd=201\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, who made the clarification at the Presidential Task Force on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/covid-19-ptf-converts-to-presidential-steering-committee\/\">COVID-19<\/a>&nbsp;briefing in Abuja, said the directive became necessary since the country was not sure when the second batch of the vaccine would arrive the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThis is in order for those who have received their first jab to be able to complete their vaccination. We believe that in a situation where we still cannot specifically determine when the next batch of AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive, then I think wisdom on dictates that, it\u2019s better for us to vaccinate people fully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd so that we can say that we have a pool of citizens that have been fully vaccinated since this vaccination comes in two doses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo that is what gave rise to that directive, rather than just going ahead with just a single dose when the full dose should be two doses of the same. So we felt that it was proper for us in the circumstance to ensure that those who have been vaccinated have been fully vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the center was investigating the reported blood clotting in some individuals that had taken the first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere have been ongoing investigations that we have all be following on the suspected link between the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/governors-reaffirm-safety-of-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine\/\">AstraZeneca vaccines<\/a>&nbsp;to the certain rare experience of blood clotting in individuals in Europe. Those investigations are still ongoing, right. Not all European countries are adopting vaccines for their populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Nigeria with every vaccine, we have a parallel system to measure and monitor any side effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat is ongoing and is being managed by the National Agency for Food Drugs (NAFDAC) in collaboration with National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and we will continue to monitor patients in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has explained why it halted the administration of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine halfway in the states. The federal government had last week asked the state government to suspend the vaccination once they have used half of the doses allocated to them. 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