COVID 19: NPHCDA to Vaccinate 50% of Nigerians by January 2022
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NPHCDA has disclosed that plans to vaccinate 50% of Nigerians aged 18 and above by January 2022 has begun
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The agency director Faisal Shuaib stated that over 100 million doses of vaccine have been received from COVAX, AU, and other countries
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The Agency is also set to scale up over 3,000 health facilities in the country to aid vaccination
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has established plans to vaccinate at least 50% of the country’s adult population by January 2022.
The update was shared by the executive director of the agency Faisal Shuaib, on Thursday while he was speaking at a virtual NEC meeting.
Shuaib disclosed that more than 100 million COVID 19 vaccines had been delivered to Nigeria from COVAX, AU, and some other countries.
He added that the received vaccines will be enough to ramp up vaccination and ensure that 50% of adults aged 18 above are vaccinated.
A part of Shuaib’s statement can be seen below:
“The total eligible population of Nigerians for the vaccine is over 111 million. Given the availability of vaccines, we have started rolling out a plan to vaccinate 50 percent of Nigerians, 18 years and above by Jan. 31, 2022.”
The NPHCDA boss also revealed that the agency will be scaling up health facilities nationwide to ensure that the target is met.
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During a presentation earlier this week, Shuaib disclosed that Nigeria has a target population of 111,776,503 to attain herd immunity against the virus.
Meanwhile, the Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa urged Nigerians to adhere to public health protocols for everyone’s safety.
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