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Atiku Takes Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine In Dubai Ahead Biden’s Inauguration
Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar reportedly took the Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in the United Arab Emirates ahead the inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th President of the United States of America.
BIGPEN understands from sources close to Atiku that the former vice president, is among dignitaries already invited for the inauguration which is expected to hold January 20th.
US President Trump, on Thursday gave signals that “there will be an orderly transition on January 20th”, after the congress certified Biden’s win over him in the November 3, 2020 presidential election.
Sources said that the Nigeria’s People’s Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, took the dose in Dubai to prevent symptomatic cases of Covid-19.
The Pfizer’s vaccine, when administered in its full two-dose regimen, was found to be 95 percent effective at preventing symptomatic cases of Covid-19.
The effectiveness rate of the vaccine was hailed as very welcome news amid soaring coronavirus caseloads.
According to report in TheCable, Atiku’s spokesman, Paul Ibe, confirmed the news, saying, “The importance of the #COVID19 vaccine in mitigating the effect of the coronavirus cannot be overstated, particularly in Africa and Nigeria. Yesterday (Wednesday), as part of the mass vaccination programme, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.”
Pfizer vaccine is the first to be granted emergency use authorisation by the WHO, and according to Pfizer and BioNTech, it is 90 percent effective.
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