Breaking News | Vaccine apathy threatens COVID-19 response
By Chioma Obinna For decades now, vaccination programmes in Nigeria have been making progress. But the advent of COVID-19 vaccines may be bringing back ugly years of vaccine hesitancy which experts fear may erode gains already made in routine immunisation. According to experts, vaccine hesitancy is a continuum between vaccine acceptance and refusal. Eligible Nigerians are either delaying or refusing COVID-19 vaccines, even after the World Health Organisation, WHO, has confirmed the safety and effectiveness against the dreaded virus. Sunday Vanguard reports that if left unaddressed, vaccine he...