The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced that about 2.3 million Nigerians have registered for COVID-19 vaccination.
Executive Director of the agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib made this known during an interview on Wednesday and says Nigerians are showing enthusiasm towards taking the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
“I can tell you that there is a lot of excitement about the vaccines’ arrival. I know some people have their concerns and we are trying, but I want to give you an example of the enthusiasm that Nigerians are showing around wanting to take these vaccines.
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“Around midday on Monday when we launched the e-registration platform, in less than 24 hours, we already had up to 2.3m Nigerians who had registered. And that number continues to increase,” Shuaib said.
Recall that Nigeria received over 3.94million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX facility in India on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021.
