Barely two weeks after receiving its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine, 122,400 persons have been vaccinated against the virulent infection in Nigeria, government official said on Monday.
Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), made the disclosure on Monday at the weekly briefing of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19.
Shuaib noted that No case of any known severe side effect (of the vaccine) has been recorded in the country so far.
Shuaib added that there might be mild symptoms such as pain and swelling at the area of inoculation, body pains and mild fever.
He noted that vaccination has fully commenced in all states and the federal capital territory (FCT) except four: Kogi, Kebbi, Zamfara, and Oyo.
However, only Kogi is yet to receive their own supply of the vaccines.
“Kogi state was not supplied with the vaccines because their cold store is still under repairs following vandalisation during the #EndSARS protest,” the NPHCDA director said.
Nigeria administered the first dose of the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine on March 5 after receiving 3.9 million doses courtesy of COVAX, the global alliance against COVID-19.
However, the country has managed to administer an average of 8,100 doses daily, a slow process and development that pales in comparison to the population of the country that has over 200 million citizens.
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