(#CovidCast) Covid-19 Vaccine: Why Nigerians Don't Trust The Government

<p>Nigerian officials say the country is ready to receive its first COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of January. The government wants to vaccinate 40% of the country's population by the end of this year. But experts say the cost and storage of the vaccine poses a challenge.</p> <p>Even though reports have stated that President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would be the first recipients of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine - the first 100,000 doses of which are expected to be available this month, most Nigerians are still yet to accept the authenticity of the vaccine.</p> <p>To mitigate some of this misinformation, a Medical Laboratory Scientist who is also a Medical Journalist, Odinaka Kingsley Obata shared some of the reasons behind the myths as well as accurate information as regards the vaccine with me in this episode of the #COVIDCast.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-off-air-podcast/message