Nigeria gets extra Covid jabs ahead of vaccine push

Nigeria's government has purchased nearly 30 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson jab as part of efforts to ramp up vaccinations against coronavirus in Africa’s most populous nation.

So far only four million Nigerians - out of an estimated population of 200 million - have been vaccinated, using the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Dr Faisal Shuaib, from the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, said the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines would arrive in Nigeria in a couple of days.

Last week Nigeria received more than four million doses of the Moderna jab - a donation from the US.

These deliveries come ahead of the government’s second push to get more people to get the jab - due to kick off next Tuesday.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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