COVID-19: Nigeria gets 4.4 million doses of vaccines

Posted by News Express | 25 May 2022 | 246 times

•COVID-19 Vaccines

The Federal Government on Tuesday received 4.4 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Spain.

It will be recalled that Nigeria has already received 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from Finland, Greece and Slovenia with more expected from EU countries.

Speaking during the presentation of the vaccines, the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, said Nigeria wanted to vaccinate 70% of its population.

“It was far off the target, but Spain's donation would help”, he said.

Shuaib said 23.4% of the eligible population had received a first dose of vaccine, while 15.8% have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Nigeria has recorded 255,937 confirmed cases as of Tuesday with 3,143 deaths.