A senior Registrar at the National Hospital, Dr Cyprian Ngong, has made history by being the first Nigerian to be given the COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria.
While some Nigerians have received the jab outside the country including a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, Ngong becomes the first Nigerian to officially take the Covid-19 Vaccine in Nigeria.
Dr Ngon led the first set of health workers including Nurse Faith E. Eragbai, Dr Nuru Joseph and Dr Thairu Yunusa to receive the vaccine at the flag-off ceremony for COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria, which held on Friday, March 5, 2021, at the National Hospital Abuja.
Present at the ceremony is a host of dignitaries including; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, Director-General of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib.
The first batch of the COVAX Astrazeneca/Oxford vaccines arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja and the official commencement of the vaccination takes off on March 5.
