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Nigeria has received 2 Million doses Of the COVID-19 Vaccine Donation, details can be accessed below
Brand News Day Nigeria reports that the federal government has accepted two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine donated by the European Union.
The formal handover of the vaccines to Nigeria is billed to take place at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, National Strategic Cold Store, Abuja.
The donation is coming at the time government has begun another phase of mass vaccination in its determination to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is equally coming six weeks after the government successfully withdrew about 1,066,214 expired Astrazeneca vaccine doses which were subsequently destroyed.
At the moment, over 14,093,873 eligible persons have so far received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria while 5,252,406 eligible Nigerians have been fully vaccinated.
Although there have been challenges of undue vaccine hesitancy in the country, the NPHCDA, through its Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, had recently expressed optimism that there would be an improvement.
Recall that Nigeria introduced a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine on the 10th of December 2021, following the recommendation by WHO for people who have received two doses of AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer Bio-N-Tech or one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccines. So far, over 416,980 Nigerians have received their booster dose.
“Again, this is a clear indication that many more Nigerians are determined to achieve maximum protection against COVID-19,” Shuaib stated.
Recall that Nigeria introduced a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine on the 10th of December 2021, following the recommendation by WHO for people who have received two doses of AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer Bio-N-Tech or one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccines. So far, over 416,980 Nigerians have received their booster dose.
“Again, this is a clear indication that many more Nigerians are determined to achieve maximum protection against COVID-19,” Shuaib stated.
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