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Over 500,000 Nigerians Receive First Dose Of AstraZeneca Vaccine- NPHCDA
- 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
More than 500,000 Nigerians have received their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, data released by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) shows.
As of Sunday, 513,626 eligible Nigerians have been vaccinated in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
NPHCDA’s data, published on Sunday evening, shows that Kogi State is yet to commence vaccination against the virus which has infected about 162,000 people in the country.
Read also: More Than 370,000 Nigerians Receive First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine – NPHCDA
The head of the agency, Faisal Shuaib, had at a recent briefing said Kogi was not supplied with the vaccines because their cold store is still under repairs following vandalisation during the EndSARS protest.
Data shows that Lagos, the epicentre of the disease in Nigeria, has vaccinated 110,042 people; making it the highest in the country.
This is followed by Ogun with 47,507, Kaduna-38,063, Bauchi- 32,482, Katsina- 28,918, and Kwara- 26,473.
The states with the lowest number of vaccinated people are Abia-22, Taraba-111 and Kebbi-532.
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