The Federal Government has approved Covid-19 Booster shots as the World battles to contain the new Omicron Variant.
In a statement issued by the Head of Public Relations Unit, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Mohammad Ohitoto, explained that the booster shots are for those who have taken their first and second douses of Astrazeneca, Moderna, Pfizer Bio-N-Tech, or 1 dose of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine.
He quoted the Executive Director of the Agency, Doctor Faisal Shuaib, as saying that the Booster doses are for people from 18 years and above.
According to the statement, eligible Nigerians are advised to go to the closest health facility or mass vaccination sites nationwide for the booster doses from the 10th of December.
The approval of the booster doses in Nigeria is coming at a time when the world is battling the Omicron Covid-19 Variant.
