WHO worried as 6.2m Nigerian children unvaccinated in three years
COVID-19 has decreased child immunisation coverage, increased the prevalence of malaria and tuberculosis, and shortened life expectancy worldwide, experts have said.
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COVID-19 has decreased child immunisation coverage, increased the prevalence of malaria and tuberculosis, and shortened life expectancy worldwide, experts have said.
Poor sensitisation of the COVID-19 vaccine brewed resistance against the vaccine in many parts of Nigeria. Most of the residents of Kano, Nigeria, had heard little of the vaccine and where they could take it.
As at 21st February 2022, only 6.9% of the eligible population have been fully vaccinated in Nigeria.
The wealth of Nigeria’s three richest men can sponsor COVID-19 vaccines for 200m citizens;
On today’s Numbers to Ponder, we review interesting developments on COVID-19 and the unending SARS. Elsewhere, Nigeria plans to borrow from Brazil to revitalise the Agricultural sector.