Following the expiration of one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has announced that the country will no longer accept vaccines with short-shelf life as it mounted to undue pressure on health workers to administer them. This is even as it has disclosed that over 10 million vaccines with short-shelf life received free of charge have been administered so far in the country. “As of today, the 13th of December 2021, 7,894,068 eligible persons have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. This represents 7.1% of the eligible population required to be vaccinated. “The total of fully vaccinated eligible people in Nigeria is 3,969,325 representing 3.6% of eligible population.

Source: Punch December 14, 2021 16:15 UTC