The Federal Government has said another lockdown was not its plans in a bid to ward off the spread of Delta variant of COVID-19, except as a last resort.
It cited the extreme effects of lockdowns on the economy and everyday life.
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this during the weekly ministerial briefing by the Presidential Communication Team, in Abuja.
The minister also assured Nigerians the new variant of the virus does not pose the sort of threat that might warrant a lockdown of any form.
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According to him, countries have become circumspect with imposing total lockdowns as it was seen at the onset of the outbreak.
He added that administrators would rather employ precision lockdowns on specific areas of the country under threat.
Dr. Ehanire also revealed that apart from the vaccines sourced free of charge, Nigeria has paid for about 30 million doses of Johnson&Johnson doses.
According to him, since the prices of the one-shot vaccine have dropped, the country hopes to purchase about 40 million doses of the vaccines in all.
Dr. Ehanire said the 176,000 doses of the Johnson&Johnson doses have already been received while the rest will come in batches.
He assured that the majority of vaccines used in the country will be bought by government rather than depending on those gifted to it by other countries.
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