By Joyce Remi- Babayeju
Executive Director of the National Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib has announced that Nigeria is not on the UK COVID-19 red alert listed countries that need to mandatory quarantine for 14 days in a supervised UK hospital.
Shuaib made this announcement at the press conference on progress of COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria.
He said that in line with the UK statement Nigerians will continue to isolate upon arrival to the UK.
He said,” this is similar to our requirement to have travellers from UK isolate for seven days upon arrival in Nigeria.”
Also Nigeria is awaiting the UK current listing of countries with approved vaccination.
The France Government has donated 501,600 doses of AstraZenaca vaccines to Nigeria, adding that in the next two weeks 3,577,860 doses of Pfizer vaccines will arrive the country.
So far at least 4,963,985 eligible persons across the country have being vaccinated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines.
The NPHCDA boss further disclosed that about 2,166,186 people have received their second doses of the vaccines. This means that approximately 1.9% of eligible populated is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
He warned that only those who have taken their second dose are fully protected against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile the agency has announced as a way of expanding access to COVID-19 vaccines and to ensure rapid and safe vaccines government has has made COVID-19 vaccines available in private facilities with the support of Government health officials.
As we decentralize, private health facilities who meet the set criteria will be allocated COVID-19 vaccines, after due training of their immunization service providers, Shuaib explained
