This Day
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo
The federal government on Thursday took delivery of 177,600 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine procured through the African Union collaborative venture with the Afreximbank.
Speaking while receiving the first batch of the vaccine from the AU brokered facility meant for Nigeria, the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be strategically deployed to cover areas that have difficult terrains and where health officials will only need to visit once to administer the one dose vaccine.
He said that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be part of the vaccines to be administered starting from Monday, next week throughout the country.
The Director of the African Centre for Disease Control, Ahmadu Cisse, who witnessed the delivery of the vaccine at the NPHCDA Cold Chain Store located near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, said that the delivery was part of the 400 million doses expected to be delivered to Africa under the AU facility.
He said: “As Africa CDC, we are proud and grateful to be part of this momentous occasion and to represent our partners in the Afric…
