The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) says contending with the minimal side effects of AstraZeneca
vaccine is better than dying of COVID-19 complications.
Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC director-general, said this in an
interview with Channels Television on Wednesday.
“It is logical to think that way but when you come to think
of the many hundred of thousands that are dying, especially in Europe, of COVID
disease, then you start wondering, is it better to die than take a risk of
0.00002%?
“I don’t blame [countries halting the administration of
Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine] but, at the same time, we have to look at the risk
of getting COVID-19 disease versus the risk of getting a side effect of the
adverse effects.”
The suspension of the AstraZeneca
vaccine by several European countries amid the reports of blood clot by some
recipients.
The development created fear and aided the anti-vaccine
sentiment being spread around.
Adeyeye said these countries are pausing vaccination for
only a limited period.
“Some of those countries that have halted it, they are
halting it very temporarily,” she said.
The NAFDAC DG reiterated the position of the National
Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) that evidence has shown the
vaccine may not be the cause of blood clot in some recipients.
”The blood clot has not been tied to the vaccine. They are
still studying it because you have what is called causality: what is causing
this? There is so much to learn about the disease, about the vaccine,” she
said.
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