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.
History Timeline March 2021 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.
Cyprian Ngong, a doctor at National Hospital, Abuja, became the first person in Nigeria to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on 5 March.
President Muhammadu Buhari received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose on 6 March.
On 21 March, Nigeria received an additional 300,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from MTN.
By the end of March, 0.7 million vaccine doses had been administered.
April 2021 On 6 April, Nigeria received 100,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Government of India.
By the end of April, 1.2 million vaccine doses had been administered.
May 2021 By the end of May, 1.6 million vaccine doses had been administered.
June 2021 By the end of June, 3.4 million vaccine doses had been administered.
July 2021 The vaccination campaign in Nigeria was paused on 9 July due to exhaustion of the first COVAX shipment that arrived in March.
By the end of July, 3.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.
August 2021 On 1 August, Nigeria received four million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines from the United States.
The second phase of the vaccination rollout began on 16 August.
By the end of August, 4.2 million vaccine doses had been administered.
September 2021 By the end of September, 6.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.
October 2021 On 8 October, Nigeria received 500,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Government of France.
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 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 Up to a million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were destroyed by Nigeria due to their short expiry dates.
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 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 By the end of February, 26.5 million vaccine doses had been administered and 8.1 million persons had been fully vaccinated.
March 2022 By the end of March, 31.4 million vaccine doses had been administered and 9.6 million persons had been fully vaccinated.
April 2022 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 +VaccineApprovalDeploymentOxford–AstraZenecaModernaJanssenSputnik VPfizer–BioNTechSinopharm BIBP
Rollout schedule +COVID-19 vaccination plan in NigeriaPhasePriority groupProgress1Health workers and supporting staff, frontline workers and first responders In progress2Priority 1: Persons aged 60 years and above. Priority 2: Persons aged 50–59 years3Persons aged 18–49 years with co-morbidities4The rest of the eligible population aged 18–49 years
Statistics
By state Proportion vaccinated (1st dose)
Proportion vaccinated (2nd dose)
+COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria by state, as of 28 February 2022StateTotal clients vaccinated (1st dose)Total clients vaccinated (2nd dose)Total clients vaccinated (booster dose)ModernaPfizer Abia178,606104,9791,05215,352 Adamawa325,185140,431817,670Akwa Ibom170,72978,381241,587 Anambra138,28862,0471471,325Bauchi322,583128,3496984,240 Bayelsa57,89523,222202726Benue288,182103,9101321,052 Borno200,69973,697852,766Cross River354,326172,31429815,539 Delta543,596354,4277,70918,736Ebonyi96,26837,79390134 Edo208,07497,0241,0421,642 Ekiti300,453170,7611513,802Enugu200,52271,3491292,467 FCT453,323253,5281,82118,282 Gombe238,851136,20463820,256 Imo132,66372,851241,056Jigawa2,391,500716,18010916,638 Kaduna403,613210,4246786,317 Kano1,797,509698,9106,550140,078 Katsina446,009150,4954747,564Kebbi267,666127,0301,64517,919 Kogi230,52377,955235159 Kwara452,723211,3902302,287 Lagos1,560,4021,010,49859954,514 Nasarawa1,144,679611,9631,288199,669Niger363,643139,411893,117 Ogun942,275499,16233816,326 Ondo412,164204,788982,994 Osun564,513257,1062338,903 Oyo926,268460,23423115,325Plateau250,841128,2256642,658 Rivers404,555193,15174410,094Sokoto234,88076,22752Taraba206,82670,9185112,474 Yobe200,97069,7291593,542 Zamfara503,142202,58935940,085
See also COVID-19 vaccination in Africa
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