COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria

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COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria
COVID-19 Doses in Nigeria map.svg
Date5 March 2021–present
Location Nigeria
Cause COVID-19 pandemic
Organised byNational Primary Health Care Development Agency
Participants
  • 17,914,944 first doses [1]
  • 8,197,832 second doses [1]
Outcome

8.4% of the Nigerian population received at least one dose [2]

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3.8% of the Nigerian population fully vaccinated [2]

  

Website nphcda.gov.ng
As of 28 February 2022

COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria is an ongoing immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country. Vaccination began on 5 March 2021. As of 28 February 2022, 17,914,944 people have received their first dose a COVID-19 vaccine, and 8,197,832 have received their second dose. [1]

History

Timeline

March 2021

On 2 March, the first shipment of four million Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX initiative arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. [3]

Cyprian Ngong, a doctor at National Hospital, Abuja, became the first person in Nigeria to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on 5 March. [4] [5]

President Muhammadu Buhari received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose on 6 March. [6]

On 21 March, Nigeria received an additional 300,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from MTN. [7]

By the end of March, 0.7 million vaccine doses had been administered.[ citation needed ]

April 2021

On 6 April, Nigeria received 100,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Government of India. [8]

By the end of April, 1.2 million vaccine doses had been administered.[ citation needed ]

May 2021

By the end of May, 1.6 million vaccine doses had been administered.[ citation needed ]

June 2021

By the end of June, 3.4 million vaccine doses had been administered.[ citation needed ]

July 2021

The vaccination campaign in Nigeria was paused on 9 July due to exhaustion of the first COVAX shipment that arrived in March. [9] [10]

By the end of July, 3.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.[ citation needed ]

August 2021

On 1 August, Nigeria received four million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines from the United States. [11]

The second phase of the vaccination rollout began on 16 August. [12]

By the end of August, 4.2 million vaccine doses had been administered.

September 2021

By the end of September, 6.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.

October 2021

On 8 October, Nigeria received 500,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Government of France. [13]

By the end of October, 8.6 million vaccine doses had been administered. 4% of the target population had been fully vaccinated by the end of the month.

November 2021

By the end of November, 9.8 million vaccine doses had been administered. 4% of the target population had been fully vaccinated by the end of the month.

December 2021

Up to a million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were destroyed by Nigeria due to their short expiry dates. [14]

By the end of December, 14.8 million vaccine doses had been administered. 5% of the target population had been fully vaccinated by the end of the month.

January 2022

By the end of January, 20.6 million vaccine doses had been administered. 6% of the target population had been fully vaccinated by the end of the month.

February 2022

By the end of February, 26.5 million vaccine doses had been administered and 8.1 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

March 2022

By the end of March, 31.4 million vaccine doses had been administered and 9.6 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

April 2022

By the end of April, 38.4 million vaccine doses had been administered and 14.9 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

Vaccines on order

VaccineApprovalDeployment
Oxford–AstraZeneca Green check.svg YesGreen check.svg Yes
Moderna Green check.svg YesGreen check.svg Yes
Janssen Green check.svg YesDark Red x.svg No
Sputnik V Green check.svg YesDark Red x.svg No
Pfizer–BioNTech Green check.svg YesDark Red x.svg No
Sinopharm BIBP Green check.svg YesDark Red x.svg No

Rollout schedule

COVID-19 vaccination plan in Nigeria [15] [12]
PhasePriority groupProgress
1Health workers and supporting staff, frontline workers and first respondersIn progress
2Priority 1: Persons aged 60 years and above.
Priority 2: Persons aged 50–59 years
3Persons aged 18–49 years with co-morbidities
4The rest of the eligible population aged 18–49 years

Statistics

Total number of people receiving vaccinations in Nigeria as of 28 February 2022

  Unvaccinated population: ~193,486,056 people (91.52%)
  Population who received 1st dose: 9,717,112 people (28 February 2022) (4.60%)
  Population who are fully vaccinated: 8,197,832 people (28 February 2022) (3.88%)
Cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Nigeria
  1st dose
  2nd dose

By state

Proportion vaccinated (1st dose) [lower-alpha 1]

16.0%

Proportion vaccinated (2nd dose) [lower-alpha 2]

7.6%
COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria by state, as of 28 February 2022 [1]
StateTotal clients vaccinated (1st dose)Total clients vaccinated (2nd dose)Total clients vaccinated (booster dose)
ModernaPfizer
Abia 178,606104,9791,05215,352
Adamawa 325,185140,431817,670
Akwa Ibom 170,72978,381241,587
Anambra 138,28862,0471471,325
Bauchi 322,583128,3496984,240
Bayelsa 57,89523,222202726
Benue 288,182103,9101321,052
Borno 200,69973,697852,766
Cross River 354,326172,31429815,539
Delta 543,596354,4277,70918,736
Ebonyi 96,26837,79390134
Edo 208,07497,0241,0421,642
Ekiti 300,453170,7611513,802
Enugu 200,52271,3491292,467
FCT 453,323253,5281,82118,282
Gombe 238,851136,20463820,256
Imo 132,66372,851241,056
Jigawa 2,391,500716,18010916,638
Kaduna 403,613210,4246786,317
Kano 1,797,509698,9106,550140,078
Katsina 446,009150,4954747,564
Kebbi 267,666127,0301,64517,919
Kogi 230,52377,955235159
Kwara 452,723211,3902302,287
Lagos 1,560,4021,010,49859954,514
Nasarawa 1,144,679611,9631,288199,669
Niger 363,643139,411893,117
Ogun 942,275499,16233816,326
Ondo 412,164204,788982,994
Osun 564,513257,1062338,903
Oyo 926,268460,23423115,325
Plateau 250,841128,2256642,658
Rivers 404,555193,15174410,094
Sokoto 234,88076,22752
Taraba 206,82670,9185112,474
Yobe 200,97069,7291593,542
Zamfara 503,142202,58935940,085

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Percentage of target reached = Total clients vaccinated (1st dose)/Total eligible population targeted for COVID-19 vaccination × 100%.
  2. ↑ Percentage of target reached = Total clients vaccinated (2nd dose)/Total eligible population targeted for COVID-19 vaccination × 100%.

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