J&J Is Most Accepted Last Week As Nigeria Vaccinates Over 28 Million People
The Johnson and Johnson (J&J) single-dose vaccine was the most accepted type of COVID-19 jab in Nigeria in the last one week.
This is according to the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) which gave an update on the vaccination exercise via its verified Twitter handle on Friday.
Other brands of COVID-19 vaccine approved for use by the Nigerian authorities include Oxford/AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer.
In the report which covered the progress of the exercise in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the agency revealed that there was an average daily uptake of 80,000 doses of the vaccine.
The NPHCDA added that at least 50 per cent of the eligible persons in Nasarawa State were fully vaccinated, and Kano vaccinated the highest number of eligible persons in 24 hours.
As of March 10 – Thursday, it revealed that over 28.6 million people across the country have so far taken at least a dose of the four brands of COVID-19 vaccine.
These include those who have taken just the first, second, as well as booster shots of these vaccines.
