Atiku receives Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai

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Ex-VP Atiku taking COVID-19 jab in Dubai

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku

Former vice-president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has received the COVID-19 vaccine in the United Arab Emirates making him one of the first set of Nigerians to receive the vaccine. 

In a tweet by a member of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Media Team, Abdulrasheed Uba said the former vice president had become one of the first Nigerian leaders to take the COVID-19 jab.

Paul Ibe, Atiku’s spokesperson also said following his principal’s vaccination that the importance of the vaccine in mitigating the effect of the virus cannot be overemphasized.

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Ibe revealed that the former vice-president received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as part of the mass vaccination programme.

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by several countries including the United States and the United Kingdom.

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