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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	17,914,944 first doses[1] 8,197,832 second doses[1]
Outcome	8.4% of the Nigerian population received at least one dose[2]     3.8% of the Nigerian population fully vaccinated[2]
Website	nphcda.gov.ng
As of 28 February 2022[update]

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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 28 February 2022, 17,914,944 people have received their first dose a COVID-19 vaccine, and 8,197,832 have received their second dose.^[1]

History[edit]

Timeline[edit]

March 2021[edit]

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.^{[citation needed]}

April 2021[edit]

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.^{[citation needed]}

May 2021[edit]

By the end of May, 1.6 million vaccine doses had been administered.^{[citation needed]}

June 2021[edit]

By the end of June, 3.4 million vaccine doses had been administered.^{[citation needed]}

July 2021[edit]

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.^{[citation needed]}

August 2021[edit]

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[edit]

By the end of September, 6.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.

October 2021[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

February 2022[edit]

By the end of February, 26.5 million vaccine doses had been administered and 8.1 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

March 2022[edit]

By the end of March, 31.4 million vaccine doses had been administered and 9.6 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

April 2022[edit]

By the end of April, 38.4 million vaccine doses had been administered and 14.9 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

Vaccines on order[edit]

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[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

By state[edit]

Proportion vaccinated (1st dose)^[a]

16.0%

Proportion vaccinated (2nd dose)^[b]

7.6%

See also[edit]

• COVID-19 vaccination in Africa

Notes[edit]

References[edit]