A medical doctor at the National Hospital, Abuja, Cyprian Ngong has received a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine as vaccination commences in the country.
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha flagged off the COVID-19 exercise on Friday.
Nigeria had received about four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility in Gavi, India.
Speaking after receiving the jab, Ngong expressed happiness that Nigeria received the vaccine and said that the war against the virus will be won.
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“We’ve been at the forefront here in National Hospital at the Isolation Centre under the able leadership of the National Hospital. They’ve provided everything we need for this fight. We’ve lost some, we’ve got some and we are happy we are getting the vaccines now in Nigeria. That is about the best news we’ve heard since. I only wished my dad had had this vaccine may be months ago or so. We lost him but we thank God and the fight is still on and we will win,” he said
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo are expected to receive the vaccine on Saturday, March 6th, 2021.
