Covid-19 - Two Years After Vaccination Flag-Off, Abuja Residents Still Hesitant PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
Despite Abuja, the Nigerian capital, being one the epicentres of coronavirus in the country, less than 20 per cent of its population are vaccinated.became one of the nation's epicentres of the coronavirus pandemic soon after the index case in the country was reported in February 2020.
Although there were reports of scepticism at the onset of vaccination, so far, about 64 million eligible persons in Nigeria have completed their doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. The FCT reported its first COVID-19 case on 21 March 2020, about a month after Nigeria recorded its index case in an Italian traveller. So far, over 29,000 confirmed cases have been reported in FCT while 249 people have died from the virus in the Nigerian capital., the majority of the confirmed cases have been successfully treated and discharged while 12 persons were on admission.
A resident of Dei-Dei, who identified simply as Tayo, said he believes the virus exists but not in Nigeria. "I agree that the virus exists in China and other countries, but COVID-19 is not in the Africa region," he said. "I am not sure what it contains and you know this is Nigeria. Someone somewhere might have swapped the original vaccines to sell them and replace them with fake ones. I don't want to die now," he said.
"Is the vaccine effective? Was it stored at the recommended temperature? Is there a probability of contracting the virus even after vaccination? This and many more unanswered questions are why I cannot take the vaccines," she said. However, the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were developed at breakneck speed in about 12 months to become the fastest ever in human history. This significant breakthrough raised concerns about the effectiveness of the vaccines.
"I passed every stage of the job interview but I forfeited the job because a major requirement was to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and I cannot do that," he said.
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