Nigeria's receives 3.92 million vaccines doses under COVAX facility

Nigeria hopes to vaccinate 40% of its population in 2021, another 30% in 2022

Nigeria’s first COVID-19 vaccines, Oxford/AstraZeneca shots from the international COVAX scheme, landed in the capital city Abuja on Tuesday.

The 3.92 million doses will kick off the arduous task of inoculating Africa’s most populous nation.

Nigeria, with 200 million residents, is the third West African country to take delivery of COVAX shots, after Ghana and Ivory Coast, both of which have already begun vaccination campaigns.

Source: reuters.com

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