Nigeria continues to grapple with rising cases of COVID-19 Delta variant, the federal government has ruled out the possibility of any total lockdown of the country due to the upsurge of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 disease.
Speaking on efforts to roll back the disease, the minister said Nigeria aims to get about 40 million doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine, disclosing that, so far, the government had acquired about 29,850 million doses of the vaccine at a cost of $10 per dose.
In his own contribution, the executive secretary, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency , Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said that Nigeria had so far vaccinated about 2.3% of its eligible population since the kick-off of vaccination in the country in March 2021. WHO country representative, Dr. Kazadi Walter, gave the warning yesterday during the ceremony to acknowledge the arrival of Johnson and Johnson vaccines, in Abuja.
“But for the foreseeable future, we must continue wearing masks, physically maintaing distance and avoiding crowds,” he stressed.
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