Nigeria: Covid-19 - Govt to Adopt Polio Immunisation Strategy in Vaccinating Eligible Citizens

2 March 2021

As Nigeria receives its first batch of 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines today, the Federal Government has said it would adopt the strategy deployed during the polio pandemic in the country in vaccinating eligible citizens.

Government spoke on a day Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, said Nigerians, who have received the vaccines abroad, would still be required to take polymerase chain reaction, PCR, tests upon arrival in the country.

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