By Wale Ameen
Nigeria this Tuesday, received its first consignment of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, thus making it the third West African country after Ghana and Ivory Coast to do so.
The Covid-19 vaccine consignment with a total of 3.9 million doses was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja by the Federal Government delegation led byEnahire Osagie, the health minister, and Faisal Shuaib, executive director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency.
The consignment arrived the country in an Emirates Boeing 777-300 airplane at about noon.
Photos and videos below:
More vaccines exiting the Emirates Boeing 777-300. #YesToCovid19Vaccine pic.twitter.com/xclGYQc1oT
— Tolu Ogunlesi, MON (@toluogunlesi) March 2, 2021
The Vaccines. pic.twitter.com/hmeFB4B9IE
— Tolu Ogunlesi, MON (@toluogunlesi) March 2, 2021
