COVID-19 Vaccine: NPHCDA inoculates 1.8m so far | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says a total of 1,794,552 Nigerians have so far been inoculated with the first dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

It stated that Lagos, the FCT and Kano have so far vaccinated the highest number of people – 279,372, 118,895 and 92,583 respectively.They are Kwara with 104 per cent; Ekiti with 100 per cent and Cross River with 100 per cent.It said that the second dose of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines had begun.

It stated that this would ensure that every Nigerian who receives a vaccine from the present supply, receives their second dose before the recommended time span between doses passes, “which is between six and 12 weeks’’. According to it, administering these two doses of the vaccine within the recommended time frame is very important to ensure full inoculation benefits.“We are removing an element of risk that is becoming too high,’’ the agency twitted.

COVAX is the vaccine-sharing initiative that provides free and discounted doses for lower-income countries.

 

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Gosh ! So slow , please the government should let us know if they’re bringing in china vaccines too and when cox people are planning to visit china for different purposes, Nigeria government should be more responsible plz

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