Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner for health, says more than
two doses of the COVID vaccine may be required for additional protection
against the virus.
While speaking on Tuesday, during a media briefing in Ikeja,
Abayomi explained that the virus keeps evolving and mutating, therefore an
upgraded vaccination strategy is needed for protection.
“You may require a booster which is the first, second and
then subsequent doses, because we’ve also discovered that even though the
vaccine stops you from getting seriously sick, it may not necessarily stop you
from catching a cold,” he said.
“We do know that some people who are even fully vaccinated with two doses will still catch COVID and some people, very few, will get quite sick and occasionally some people may die. But certainly, people that are dying who are not vaccinated are much higher than people who are dying that have been vaccinated.
“So, we know that the vaccine is certainly protecting the
population from severe disease and death.
“So, as the virus is changing, it may require that we need
to give you more than two doses.
“Definitely, scientists around the world are toying with
that idea as a third or fourth dose may be required. And that’s not very
different from the flu. We all know that the flu vaccine needs to be updated
every year if you want to protect yourself. So, if you got the flu vaccine last
year, you need to get another one this year because every year, the flu itself
is mutating. So, what you were vaccinated against last year is not going to
protect you from this year’s flu.
“So, the same thing
with COVID-19. It is possible that over time, the original vaccine is not going
to be effective against the mutating virus. So, we will need to develop an
updated and upgraded vaccine to protect you from the evolving and mutating
strains of the COVID-19.”
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