No COVID-19 Vaccines For Under-18, Says PTF

• The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says Nigerians under the age of 18 years will not receive the COVID-19 vaccines.
• PTF stated that the Federal Government planned to cover 70 per cent of Nigerians within two years.

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says Nigerians under the age of 18 years will not receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the country.

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, disclosed that the Federal Government planned to cover 70 per cent of Nigerians within two years.

The minister warned that private organisations were not permitted to procure, distribute and administer the coronavirus vaccines.

To ensure smooth management of the four million vaccines arriving on Tuesday, Mamora said the PTF had approved the TEACH strategy and the electronic management immunisation system.

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The minister stated that the strategy called TEACH approach harnesses all the benefits of traditional, electronic, assisted, and concomitant house-to-house registration to optimise the use of innovative technology.

He added that the TEACH approach entails the traditional method of vaccinating target populations using desk review of available data sources, identifying the vaccination sites, and roll out.

Mamora described the strategy as innovative to ensure a smooth rollout so that no one was left behind.

The minister, therefore, warned against private importation of vaccines and emphasised that only the National Primary Health Care Development Agency would import and manage vaccines until further notice.

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