COVID-19: FCTA Gets 1.2 Million People Vaccinated

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has revealed that about 1,671,738 eligible persons aged 18 years and above have received doses of COVID-19 vaccinations in the nation’s capital.

Dr Isah Vatsa, the acting Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Healthcare Board, made this known on Thursday at a news briefing in Abuja, saying that a total of 990, 445 persons had received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 792, 437 have been fully vaccinated and 204, 839 had received the booster shot.

He said that although the COVID-19 protocols had been relaxed, the FCT would sustain vaccination and other measures against the pandemic.

According to Vatsa, the FCT had a projected target population of eligible persons for the COVID-19 vaccination was 3,089, 849.

"Our target is to vaccinate at least 70 per cent (2, 162, 895) of these eligible persons by end of December 2022.

"A total number of 246 Vaccination Teams (90 fixed post teams and 156 Mobile/Outreach Teams) supported by state and partners are currently deployed in the FCT and are disaggregated across the six Area Councils.

“Partners like UNICEF, WHO, USAID, IHVN, Pathfinder International, Breakthrough Action of Nigeria, Vaccine Network etc have been very supportive of the FCT for the purposes of the COVID-19 Vaccination.”