Katsina receives 92,370 doses of Moderna vaccine

The Katsina State Government said  it has received 92,370 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

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The Executive Secretary, Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Shamsuddeen Yahaya, disclosed this in a statement stating that the vaccines would get to the 34 Local Government Areas of the state.

He said the vaccine was received by the state Commissioner Foe Health, Yakubu Nuhu and other government officials.

”The Moderna vaccine will be used for the second phase of the COVID-19) vaccination which will be administered to people 18 years and above.

”The first phase of the vaccination, which was the Astrazeneca vaccine, was administered to only health workers, frontline health workers and also strategic leaders.

“We begun training of health workers who will conduct the exercise which hopefully will start next week.” Yahaya said.

Recall that on Aug. 2, Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the U.S.

The doses, which arrived on two planes on Sunday, were received by UNICEF officials on behalf of Nigeria at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

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