By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Federal Government has said that total lockdown will not be considered as an option in its plans to contain spread of Delta variant of COVID-19.
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, during the weekly ministerial briefing by the Presidential Communication Team in Abuja, also assured Nigerians the new variant of the virus does not pose the sort of threat that might warrant a lockdown of any form.
It cited the extreme effects of lockdowns on the economy and everyday life, the Nation reports.
According to him, government officials would rather employ precision lockdowns on specific areas of the country under threat.
He also revealed apart from the vaccines sourced free of charge, Nigeria has paid for about 30 million doses of Johnson&Johnson doses.
According to him, since the prices of the one-shot vaccine have dropped, the country hopes to purchase about 40 million doses of the vaccines in all.
Ehanire said the 176,000 doses of the Johnson&Johnson doses have already been received while the rest will come in batches.
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