The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, has pointed out that the COVID-19 vaccine is built not only to treat coronavirus but also train the immune system to create antibodies.
According to him, COVID-19 vaccine trains the body immune system to create antibodies.
Shuaib asserted that vaccines help the body to make antibodies that serve as proteins that fight off infections and diseases.
He explained that if someone is vaccinated and comes in contact with a bacteria/virus that cause diseases, the system will recognise it and give some level of protection.
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‘The COVID-19 vaccination offers partial protection within two weeks of the first dose.
‘This is why it is recommended that all doses of the vaccine are taken for longer-term protection against the virus’, he said.
The spike protein in the COVID-19 vaccine allows it to enter the human cells and guard the body, the NPHCDA boss added.
‘This means that if you choose to take a vaccine, you are less likely to get severely sick if you encounter the virus,’ he said.
Shuaib assured that the vaccines do not contain a live virus and cannot cause disease.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that as of July 4, about 23,627,968 eligible persons across the country had been fully vaccinated.
A total of 11,948,229 of the figure have been partially vaccinated in 36 states and the FCT.
Meanwhile, the recently inaugurated President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has announced that he is isolated after he tested positive for COVID-19, shortly after returning from a trip to the United Arab Emirates.
‘So far, I have no symptoms but I will continue to self-isolate and serve the people of Somalia from home,’ he said in a Twitter post which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Saturday morning.
‘I ask we all keep each other safe by following public health advice and guidelines.’
The 66-year-old president returned Friday from the United Arab Emirates where he had made his first official trip abroad since his election on May 15.