COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria

COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria
Date5 March 2021–present
LocationNigeria
CauseCOVID-19 pandemic
Organised byNational Primary Health Care Development Agency
Participants
  • 14,951,642 first doses[1]
  • 5,483,973 second doses[1]
  • 20,435,615 total doses[1]
Outcome

6.6% of the Nigerian population received at least one dose[2]

   


2.5% of the Nigerian population fully vaccinated[2]

   

Websitenphcda.gov.ng
As of 23 January 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 30 January 2022, 14,951,642 people have received their first dose a COVID-19 vaccine, and 5,483,973 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]

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.

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

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

Statistics

Total number of people receiving vaccinations in Nigeria as of 30 January 2022

  Unvaccinated population: ~196,449,358 people (92.93%)
  Population who received 1st dose: 9,467,669 people (30 January 2022) (4.48%)
  Population who are fully vaccinated: 5,483,973 people (30 January 2022) (2.59%)

By state

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

13.4%

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

4.9%
COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria by state, as of 30 January 2022[1]
State Total clients vaccinated (1st dose) Total clients vaccinated (2nd dose) Total clients vaccinated (booster dose)
Pfizer Moderna
Abia 131,070 74,031 8,612 485
Adamawa 266,305 84,965 6,093 84
Akwa Ibom 150,649 70,528 1,082 24
Anambra 130,637 55,626 931 143
Bauchi 277,903 105,927 2,487 581
Bayelsa 54,512 22,560 597 202
Benue 280,715 98,103 988 76
Borno 160,725 59,465 948 73
Cross River 319,223 127,483 9,613 278
Delta 516,717 329,981 16,575 7,621
Ebonyi 90,618 35,471 93 79
Edo 203,926 94,543 1,257 962
Ekiti 280,309 143,290 1,933 151
Enugu 168,955 60,101 1,525 126
FCT 395,153 231,953 12,461 768
Gombe 214,618 103,296 10,581 627
Imo 121,624 65,351 649 23
Jigawa 1,808,541 170,513 10,073 80
Kaduna 382,513 187,885 4,405 359
Kano 1,104,837 362,024 120,721 5,321
Katsina 393,466 98,650 5,994 439
Kebbi 236,537 85,981 8,132 663
Kogi 188,942 54,650 92
Kwara 386,449 163,855 1,639 12
Lagos 1,456,563 851,705 41,436 466
Nasarawa 889,612 205,081 132,196 1,263
Niger 337,492 110,071 2,178 312
Ogun 830,019 280,148 10,898 158
Ondo 388,667 179,124 1,755 69
Osun 514,537 157,005 6,324 73
Oyo 775,415 247,591 10,421 70
Plateau 233,699 106,039 1,696 363
Rivers 369,819 169,954 7,894 716
Sokoto 143,480 48,364 32
Taraba 183,513 53,335 1,631 405
Yobe 158,198 47,616 2,275 159
Zamfara 405,684 141,348 20,380 227

See also

  • COVID-19 vaccination in Africa

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%.

References

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