Federal government yesterday received 2,649,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Canadian government and hinted that only 28.659 million Nigerians are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The executive secretary of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, who spoke during the official handover of the donation by the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Jamie Christoff, in Abuja, said the donation is critical to helping Nigeria ramp up her vaccination roll out process.
Reiterating the federal government’s commitment to vaccinate 70 per cent of the country’s eligible population by the end of 2020, Shuaib said 40,700,979 of the eligible population have received the first dose while 28,659,698 persons have been fully vaccinated.
This figure, he said represents 25.6 per cent of the targeted population while enjoining the states to step up actions to flag off the SCALES 3.0 strategy and follow with intensive actions to ensure that every eligible adult and child are vaccinated.
The ED stated that the SCALES 3.0 also offers opportunity for childhood vaccination and other PHC services for clients alongside the COVID-19 vaccination.
“What this simply means is that parents can take their eligible children for vaccination against polio, yellow fever, measles and other vaccine preventable childhood diseases in the same locations where the adults receive COVID-19 vaccines.
“Our mobile teams are also in possession of all these vaccines when they visit your homes. Please welcome them and present yourselves and your eligible children for vaccination as may be applicable,” said Shuaib
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