Covid-19: FG Refutes Viral Video Claiming Vaccines Contain Magnet

The Federal Government has refuted claims that COVID-19 vaccines contains magnet and has the tendencies to produce electricity.

A video that was circulated via social media last week, showed people claiming that the part of the body where they were given the vaccines, could attract steel and produce power through electric bulbs.

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But the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib said this is false.

According to him, the video shows how far mischief makers would go, in effort to destabilize the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The anti-vaccination elements have come up with magnetic conspiracy, in which they claim, and are deceiving people with videos, that COVID-19 vaccine creates magnetic field around vaccination site and can cause the body to light up an electric bulb.

“As ridiculous as this and other conspiracy theories are, vulnerable people believe them and are therefore continuing to take the risk of avoiding COVID-19 vaccination.”

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Shuaib while addressing a press briefing on Tuesday, said that Nigeria has made significant progress towards utilizing the 4 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine which it got from the COVAX facility.

He stressed on the need to tackle such the level of misinformation targeted at discouraging people from seeking vaccination against COVID-19, as the country prepares to receive additional vaccine supply to commence phase 2 of its strategic vaccination plan.

He said, “At the onset, it was claimed that COVID-19 was introduced to justify developing vaccines that would be used to depopulate Africans.

“Those who came up with this theory said that anybody who takes the vaccine would die immediately.

“Today, as we all can see, nearly 4 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in Nigeria and we have not recorded any case of death linked to the vaccination.

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“On seeing this reality, the rumour mongers changed their narratives into saying that the vaccines used in Europe and America are not the same as the ones used in Africa.

“Again, as evidence have come to show, it is now clear that the COVID-19 vaccines used in Europe, America and elsewhere in the World are the same used in Nigeria and other countries in Africa.

“The conspiracy theorist went silent about this claim and are now saying that anyone who takes the vaccine will die after two years. Nigerians are predominantly a country of Muslims and Christians.

“We know that these religions are clear that no-one knows the year of the day they will die. So why would we even pay attention to such spurious claims?”

Speaking further, Shuaib announced that as of Tuesday, 6th of July, 2,495,632 people have been vaccinated with the first dose, while 1,370,130 have received their second dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria.

He added that Nigeria has successfully utilized 3.9 million doses, representing 96 percent of the 4,024,000 doses of the vaccines received in the country.

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He stated, “Nigeria is poised to achieve 100 percent utilization of the doses of vaccine it has received in the next few days. This is to ensure that people are protected against COVID-19, and normalcy is restored.

“Today I would like to make very clear and demonstrate publicly that COVID-19 vaccine does not create any magnetic effect around the vaccination site or any part of the body for that matter, neither does it cause the body to light up an electric bulb.

“It is also a well-known fact that persons with wet, moist, or sticky skin can have objects stuck to their skin especially in smooth areas. Strong friction also allows for objects to stick to the skin. COVID -19 vaccines do not contain any metal, this is another fact! So how can it generate magnetic field or light an electric bulb?”

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