COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria

COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria

Date	5 March 2021-present
Location	Nigeria
Cause	COVID-19 pandemic
Organised by	National Primary Health Care Development Agency
Participants	6,021,560 first doses[1] 3,369,628 second doses[1] 9,391,188 total doses[1]
Outcome	2.81% of the Nigerian population received at least one dose[2]
Website	nphcda.gov.ng

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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 19 November 2021, 6,021,560 people have received their first dose a COVID-19 vaccine, and 3,369,628 people 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.

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.

May 2021[]

By the end of May, 1.6 million vaccine doses had been administered.

June 2021[]

By the end of June, 3.4 million vaccine doses had been administered.

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.

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]

Vaccines on order[]

Vaccine	Approval	Deployment
Oxford–AstraZeneca	Yes	Yes
Moderna	Yes	Yes
Janssen	Yes	No
Sputnik V	Yes	No
Pfizer–BioNTech	Yes	No
Sinopharm BIBP	Yes	No

Rollout schedule[]

Statistics[]

By state[]

Proportion vaccinated (1st dose)^[a]

Proportion vaccinated (2nd dose)^[b]

See also[]

• COVID-19 vaccination in Africa

Notes[]

References[]