NPHCDA says about 1.8 million Nigerians have been vaccinated against COVID-19

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) confirmed that 1,794,552 Nigerians had, so far, been vaccinated with the first dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

The NPHCDA disclosed this on its official Twitter handle late Saturday.

It stated that Lagos, the FCT and Kano had vaccinated the highest numbers of people – 279,372, 118,895 and 92,583 respectively.

The immunisation agency said that three states reached 100 per cent of their target population.

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They are Kwara with 104 per cent; Ekiti with 100 per cent and Cross River with 100 per cent.

According to the agency, “this brings the proportion of Nigerians vaccinated to 89.2 per cent.”

It said that the second dose of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines had begun.

NPHCDA urged Nigerians, who had received their first dose of the vaccine, to ensure they check their vaccination cards to know when they were due for their second jab.

It stated that this would ensure that every Nigerian who received a vaccine from the present supply, received their second dose before the recommended time span between doses passesd, “which is between six and 12 weeks.”

The agency added that more than two million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine had been reserved for the second dose in the first phase of vaccination.

According to it, “administering these two doses of the vaccine within the recommended time frame is very important to ensure full inoculation benefits.

“This means that with the current supply, we will fully inoculate roughly two million Nigerians.

“We are removing an element of risk that is becoming too high.”