Nigeria has started the vaccination of its citizens against the COVID-19 virus on Friday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vaccine, after undergoing assessment by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDC), was confirmed to have positive results.
Dr Cyprian Ngon, the Family Physician, National Hospital, Abuja, was the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine immunisation, while the second person was Dr Tahir Yunusa, a Pathologist with University of Abuja Teaching Hospital.
The country was now set to go ahead and use the 3.924 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine which arrived the country on March 2 through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government had launched a website where Nigerians could log on and register for the vaccination.
Nigerians can log on to nphcda.gov.ng and click on COVID-19 vaccination e-registration to register.
