COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria

Date	5 March 2021–present
Location	Nigeria
Cause	COVID-19 pandemic
Organised by	National Primary Health Care Development Agency
Participants	17,914,944 first doses[1] 8,197,832 second doses[1]
Outcome	8.4% of the Nigerian population received at least one dose[2]    3.8% of the Nigerian population fully vaccinated[2]
Website	nphcda.gov.ng
As of 28 February 2022[update]

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COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria is an ongoingimmunization campaign againstsevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causescoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to theongoing 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.^[1]

On 2 March, the first shipment of four millionOxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from theCOVAX initiative arrived atNnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.^[3]

Cyprian Ngong, a doctor atNational Hospital, Abuja, became the first person inNigeria to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on 5 March.^[4][5]

PresidentMuhammadu Buhari received his firstCOVID-19 vaccine dose on 6 March.^[6]

On 21 March, Nigeria received an additional 300,000 doses ofOxford–AstraZenecaCOVID-19 vaccines fromMTN.^[7]

By the end of March, 0.7 million vaccine doses had been administered.^{[citation needed]}

On 6 April, Nigeria received 100,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from theGovernment of India.^[8]

By the end of April, 1.2 million vaccine doses had been administered.^{[citation needed]}

By the end of May, 1.6 million vaccine doses had been administered.^{[citation needed]}

By the end of June, 3.4 million vaccine doses had been administered.^{[citation needed]}

The vaccination campaign in Nigeria was paused on 9 July due to exhaustion of the first COVAX shipment that arrived in March.^[9][10]

By the end of July, 3.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.^{[citation needed]}

On 1 August, Nigeria received four million doses ofModerna COVID-19 vaccines from theUnited States.^[11]

The second phase of the vaccination rollout began on 16 August.^[12]

By the end of August, 4.2 million vaccine doses had been administered.

By the end of September, 6.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.

On 8 October, Nigeria received 500,000 doses ofOxford–AstraZenecaCOVID-19 vaccines from theGovernment of France.^[13]

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.

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.

Up to a million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were destroyed by Nigeria due to their short expiry dates.^[14]

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.

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.

By the end of February, 26.5 million vaccine doses had been administered and 8.1 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

By the end of March, 31.4 million vaccine doses had been administered and 9.6 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

By the end of April, 38.4 million vaccine doses had been administered and 14.9 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

Vaccine	Approval	Deployment
Oxford–AstraZeneca	Yes	Yes
Moderna	Yes	Yes
Janssen	Yes	No
Sputnik V	Yes	No
Pfizer–BioNTech	Yes	No
Sinopharm BIBP	Yes	No

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Cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Nigeria

  1st dose

  2nd dose

Proportion vaccinated (1st dose)^[a]

Proportion vaccinated (2nd dose)^[b]

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