has warned that stopping immunisation services amid the COVID-19 pandemic could leave millions of children at health risk.UNICEF on Saturday began the 2020 edition of World Immunisation Week.
Given the current disruptions, UNICEF warned this could create pathways to disastrous outbreaks in 2020 and well beyond. “When COVID-19 transmission is contained, scaling-up supplementary immunisation will be a priority to ensure we reach communities in need, particularly those most at risk,” she said.She revealed that through the African Vaccines Regulatory Forum , safe and effective vaccines are reaching communities faster.
Expect an outbreak of polio, measles, meningitis, tuberculosis, smallpox and other immunization-related diseases if the Federal Government doesn't lift the Lockdown and let normal activities resume.