AstraZeneca vaccine: Latest update about Nigeria vaccination programme and important tins to know
Frontline healthcare workers for Nigeria don become di first set of pipo to collect di Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Oga of National Primary Health Care Development Agency Dr Faisal Shuaib, na im open di vaccination programme as im inject di vaccine to Dr Cyprian Nyong wey be di first pesin to receive di jab for Nigeria. Dr Shuaib wey comot di details of di vaccination plan say frontline health workers na di pipo wey don dey do work pass since di epidemic break and dem need di protection in order to continue. 150 health workers go also receive di Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine wey Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire tok say Nigeria drug agency NAFDAC don approve. Dis mean say, unlike how oda kontri leaders do, Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari no go be di first pesin to collect di vaccine wey land on Tuesday. Instead, President Buhari and im vice, Yemi Osinbajo go take di vaccine a day after on live TV. Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo no waste time to collect live on television, one day after di kontri vaccines arrive from COVAX. Di National Hospital for di capital city Abuja go serve as di venue wia di frontline health workers dey vaccinated. Di launch ceremony go happun by 10am on Friday. Oga Buhari and top goment officials own go follow on Saturday 6 March live for public. "We dey hope say when Nigerians leaders see leaders see oga president and di vice president take di vaccine, e go give dem confidence say di vaccine dey safe," Dr Shuaib bin tok. Important tins about Nigeria vaccination programme How di priority of pipo go happen? Dr Shuaib also say na only WHO approved vaccine and NAFDAC certified vaccines na im Nigeria go use only.