Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Secretary of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said Nigeria is yet to meet the year-end global target of vaccinating 70 per cent target coverage with the COVID-19 vaccines.
Shuaib disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja.
“We are 21.6 million eligible persons away from reaching its target of fully vaccinating 70 per cent of its eligible population by December 2022.
“But 62 per cent of the country’s eligible population is at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19.
“As of November 25, a total of 56,790,371 eligible persons targeted for COVID-19 vaccination are fully vaccinated while 12,492,646 of total eligible persons targeted for COVID-19 vaccination are partially vaccinated in 36 States and the FCT.
“The country has fully vaccinated half of the total population eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
“We have also fully vaccinated an additional over 25 per cent of its eligible population, in the last 110 days of SCALES 3.0 implementation,” he said.
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