Experts say a nation must vaccinate 70 per cent of its population to achieve herd immunity.
Amid the third wave of COVID-19 infections, only 1,416,623 Nigerians, representing 0.9 per cent of the country’s population, have been fully vaccinated against the deadly virus.
According to Punch, Nigeria is behind 157 countries around the world in the rate of vaccination against the deadly virus. As of 9.30pm on Friday, the total number of doses administered in Nigeria stood at 3,967,013, while the population of those who had received at least one dose of the vaccine was 2,550,390, representing 1.2 per cent of the country. Of that number, the population of fully vaccinated Nigerians was 1,416,623 .
Egypt, with a population of 102,334,404, had administered 5,750,549 doses. A total of 3,883,927 Egyptians had received at least one dose, while 1,866,622 were fully vaccinated.
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