BREAKING: Nigeria administers first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Nigeria has administered the first dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine as efforts heighten to fight the pandemic.

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The first shot of the vaccine was given to Cyprian Nyong, a medical doctor at the National Hospital, Abuja.

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Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), administered the dosage.

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He said the doctor has been on the frontline since Nigeria’s first case of COVID-19.

More to follow…