The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaibu says 70 per cent of Nigerians would be administered COVID-19 vaccine over the period of two years based on the projection.
He said this at a webinar on the safety and efficacy of vaccines organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Kaduna.
Shuaibu, an epidemiologist, who gave various insight into the efficacy of the vaccines, said risk communication strategies will be implemented across the different phases of the COVID-19 vaccine introduction.
The Managing Director/CEO of the foundation, Engineer Abubakar Gambo Umar, said the seminar was organised to sensitise the general public on the pandemic.
