The exercise will commence on August 30 across 88 vaccination sites in Lagos.
Nigeria took delivery of 177,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines on Thursday.
AstraZeneca is being used in Germany only for people over 60, who are at a higher risk of dying due to COVID-19.
Despite Kogi governor’s ignorant outbursts and grandstanding, his appointed health officials have taken the COVID-19 jab.
“The states with the lowest number of vaccinated people are Abia with 1,874 and Taraba with 2,760 people vaccinated so far.”
Meanwhile people who had previously contracted the virus were also found to have not much difference in terms of levels of protection after they were jabbed.
“The governor will be receiving his vaccine at IDH, Yaba, between 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm.”
“They are working on the modalities for the distribution and administration of the vaccines today.”
A top official said the country has a robust cold chain system capable of storing all types of COVID-19 vaccines.
