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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says approximately 10 million Nigerians have received first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

The Executive Director, Dr. Faisal Shuaib gave the update in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday.<\/p>\n

Shuaib said Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Jigawa and Osun States were the leading states and contributed 36 per cent to the number of vaccinated persons.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of December 26, 2021, 9,765,729 eligible persons targeted received the first dose, while 4,363,620 got the second dose\u201d, he confirmed.<\/p>\n

The official said vaccines remain the best way to protect people from coronavirus and save lives.<\/p>\n

He added that Nigerian government approved three vaccines and had secured early access for more doses.<\/p>\n

Shuaib described Nigeria\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the biggest vaccination programme in history.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal remains to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible\u201d, the NPHCDA chief noted.<\/p>\n

The full list of COVID-19 vaccination sites can be found at https:\/\/vaccination.gov.ng\/vaccination-sites<\/p>\n

The website provides guidelines for persons that have got two doses of AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer Bio-NTech, or one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine.<\/p>\n

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