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Nigeria to resume Covid-19 vaccinations on August 16

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Nigeria will restart Covid-19 inoculations on August 16 after taking delivery of 4-million doses of Moderna vaccine, with shipments of Johnson & Johnson shots also due imminently, the head of the primary healthcare agency said on Tuesday.

Nigeria has so far vaccinated only a tiny fraction of its population of 200 million, largely due to a lack of supply.

The latest data, in June, showed that 2-million people had received one dose and 700,000 had received two.The Moderna doses, which arrived in Nigeria from the United States last week, were being prepared for rollout, said Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency.

 

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