The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has revealed that 8,439 persons across the country have reported mild side effects after they received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Njenje Media News reports.
Executive director of NPHCDA, Faisal Shuaib, at a media briefing in Abuja organized by the agency and the World Health Organisation to give an update on the status of COVID-19 vaccination in the country gave out the figures.
According to him, less than 100 persons reported moderate to severe adverse effects on receiving the jab and there has been no record of death or blood clots associated with the distribution of the vaccine.
