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COVID-19: Lagos Administers 8,953 Pfizer Vaccine As Booster Dose

  • Lagos Administers 8,953 Pfizer Vaccine As Booster Dose

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Lagos State Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi has said the state has administered 8,953 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose.

Abayomi stated this through his official Instagram account @profakinabayomi, while giving the state’s Vaccination Update for Dec. 24.

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He said 2,049,512 doses of AstraZeneca and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Lagos.

Abayomi noted that 3.15 per cent of the targeted population had received two doses of the vaccines. According to him, 974,928 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were administered as the first dose, while 520,622 of the vaccine were administered as the second dose.

The commissioner noted that for the Moderna vaccine, 317, 784 were administered as the first dose, while 236, 178 were administered for the second dose.

He said 13,895,199 doses of vaccines need to be administered for the state to achieve its herd immunity target.

However, the Lagos State Government on Dec. 22, announced the non-availability of Moderna vaccine at all vaccination centres in the state.

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