After one postponement, Nigeria is now scheduled to commence the
second phase of its COVID-19 vaccination programme on August 16.
This is according to the Executive Director of the National Primary
Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib.
The Federal Government had earlier scheduled the exercise to begin on
Tuesday, but it was postponed due to “unforeseen circumstances,”
according to a spokesperson in the Office of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey.
Dr Shuaib suggested the postponement had been necessary for
preparations to be finalized.
The second phase of the vaccination programme was breathed into life
after the US donated over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine.
Only about one percent of the population has been fully vaccinated, so
far.
