- Nigeria commenced vaccination in early March, having received its first tranche of 3.9 million AstraZeneca vaccines through the Covax programme
- Health authorities had announced plans to vaccinate 109 million people against COVID-19 over a period of two years.
- Only eligible population from 18 years and above will be vaccinated
Less than three weeks after Nigeria kicked off vaccination of its citizens against the Coronavirus, over 370,000 people have received the first dose of the vaccine.
According to a data released by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), 374,585 eligible Nigerians have been vaccinated as of Friday.
The data, published on Friday evening, shows that all states, except Kogi, have commenced vaccination against the virus which has claimed over 2,000 lives in the country.
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“Kogi State was not supplied with the vaccines because their cold store is still under repairs following vandalisation during the EndSARS protest,” the head of the agency, Faisal Shuaib, said at a briefing on Monday.
According to the NPHCDA data, Lagos – the epicentre of the disease in Nigeria, has vaccinated almost 92,000 people; making it the highest in the country.
This is followed by Ogun with 36,953, Bauchi-31,321, Kaduna-29,426, Jigawa-22, 420 and Kwara- 20,060.
The states with the lowest number of vaccinated people are Kebbi-1, Taraba-1 and Abia-4.
