A official said the postponement was due to some unforeseen circumstances.
The United Kingdom has taken off the COVID-19 travel advisory warning for Nigeria.
The DG said vaccine nationalism is an ineffective public health strategy against a respiratory virus that is mutating quickly and becoming increasingly successful at infecting new hosts.
A spokesman of NCDC described the sale of the vaccine as “crazy”.
Mr. Bello had kicked against the COVID-19 vaccination, saying it was meant to kill people.
“Maybe the Chief Imams, the Bishops, top musicians and our sports personalities,” he said.
The number of daily coronavirus infection has been on the rise recently affirming reports on the second wave of the pandemic.
Mr. Onyema noted that China has immensely assisted Nigeria during the emergence of COVID-19.
“While we do not question the efficacy and safety, the responses vary from place to place,” an official said.
There are six COVID-19 vaccine candidates in different clinical trial stages in India.
