…as online registration commences
Nigeria will dedicate the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination to health care workers and other frontline workers, including the military, police, oil and gas industry workers, and workers at the country’s border posts.
This was disclosed on Monday by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, which announced it had commenced online registration for the exercise.
“In the first phase of the vaccination, health care workers, frontline workers — (the Military, Police, Oil and Gas workers, Nigerians at the Border Posts), and Strategic Leaders, etc will be prioritized,” NPHCD said in a tweet on its handle on Monday.
“In less than 24 hours, the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive in Nigeria from the COVAX Facility & will be deployed to vaccinate, first our critical frontline health care workers, who are providing essential care,” the agency explained.
“We have provided an e-registration link to enable Nigerians (to) register for the #COVID19Vaccine themselves, obtain their pre-vaccination numbers and schedule their preferred date and time for vaccination,” one of the messages quoted the agency’s Executive Director, Faisal Shuaib, as saying.
“To register for #COVID19 Vaccination, visit our website https://t.co/RVn9HsK1Ga and click on COVID-19 Vaccination e-registration,” the agency said.
