PTF boss, Health Minister, others receive COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 Vaccine
The PTF chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, takes his first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Abuja on Monday, March 8, 2021.

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, who is also the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, and other members of the PTF have received the AstraZeneca vaccines.

They took the first jabs of the vaccine on Monday at the briefing of the task force held in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Mustapha, was the first to take the vaccine, followed by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, and other members of the task force.

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They include the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama; and the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu.

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, as well as the Country Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Walter Mulombo, were also among those who received the vaccine.