The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against Covid-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory, also urged state governors to enact and enforce vaccination mandate for local and state government workers. This comes as the percentage for fully vaccinated Nigerians stalled at 4.2 percent while those that had taken their first dose remained grounded at 9.8 percent as of Sunday, January 9, 2021.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in its daily updates continued to report increase in the number of deaths reporting no fewer than 38 deaths between January 1 and January 8. Despite the increasing number of cases and deaths, some states have not vaccinated up to 200,000 individuals while Abia, Kogi and Niger states have not commenced administration of booster shots.
Chidozie Chima | September 20, 2024
