No COVID-19 vaccines for under-18 _ PTF

The Presidential Task-Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that Nigerians who fall below the age of 18 years will not receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the country. 

Stating this, Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, said that the Federal Government planned to cover 70% of Nigerians within two years. 

The Minister said that only the National Primary Health Care Development Agency would import and manage the vaccines until further notice, and warned that private organizations were not permitted to procure, distribute and administer the coronavirus vaccines. 

Meanwhile, to ensure the smooth management of the 4 million vaccines the country is getting today being Tuesday, March 2, Mamora said the PTF had approved the TEACH strategy and the electronic immunisation systems. 

Mamora said that the TEACH strategy approach harnesses all benefits of electronic assisted, traditional, 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 vaccination sites and roll-out.