BEVERLY HILLS, April 09, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has instructed the states to halt COVID-19 vaccinations once they utilised half of the doses allocated to them in order to safeguard supply for the second dose.
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said the directive came amid concerns over when Nigeria would get another shipment of the shots after India put a temporary hold on all major exports, aimed to satisfy home demand.
“We thought that it was correct for us below the circumstances to make sure that those that have been vaccinated have been absolutely vaccinated,” the Minister said on Tuesday.
Nigeria commenced the COVID-19 vaccination in March 2021, after having received 3.94 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines through COVAX, a UN-backed effort that promises access to vaccines for up to 20 percent of participating countries’ population.
The vaccinations started with healthcare workers who are at the forefront of the COVID-19 fight.
Nigeria has recorded at least 163,440 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 153,788 recoveries and over 2,058 fatalities
It had administered 964,387 first doses as of April 6, however progress differed extensively by state.
Twenty-one of its states and capital territory had given first doses to greater than half of these focused for photographs, but it surely was not clear whether or not the figures additionally mirrored the proportion of photographs accessible inside the state.
It’s spacing the doses by three months.
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