COVID-19 Vaccination Commences in Abuja Friday
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are expected to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses on Saturday.
Nigeria on Tuesday took delivery of 3.9 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, the first batch of the 16 million expected through the World Health Organisation-led COVAX facility.
The government is expecting 129 million vaccine doses to vaccinate 70 per cent of its population within two years.
The consignment was received through the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja aboard Emirates Airlines.
The vaccine will be administered in two doses.
At the end of Tuesday’s ceremonies to mark its arrival, a few vials of the vaccines were expected to be handed over to the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) team for analysis between today and...