Nigerians to choose from variety of COVID-19 vaccines –NPHCDA

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA),Dr. Faisal Shuaib says Nigerians would soon be able to choose from a variety of COVID-19 vaccines.

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The  director disclosed this on the official Facebook page of the agency on Wednesday.

“There will be additional opportunities for people to be given AstraZeneca vaccine if that is what their preference is.

“So, we now have a large menu that Nigerians can choose from whether it is AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer, and then the J&J vaccines that would be coming subsequently.”

“Additional consignment of the AstraZeneca vaccine is expected within the next week for those who have taken the first shot AstraZeneca vaccine and that by mid-August, Nigeria will receive up to 3.9 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine,” Shuaibu said.

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