# COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria

COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria is an ongoing immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country. Vaccination began on 5 March 2021. As of 28 February 2022, 17,914,944 people have received their first dose a COVID-19 vaccine, and 8,197,832 have received their second dose.

## History
### Timeline
#### March 2021

On 2 March, the first shipment of four million Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX initiative arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
Cyprian Ngong, a doctor at National Hospital, Abuja, became the first person in Nigeria to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on 5 March.
President Muhammadu Buhari received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose on 6 March.
On 21 March, Nigeria received an additional 300,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from MTN.
By the end of March, 0.7 million vaccine doses had been administered.

#### April 2021

On 6 April, Nigeria received 100,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Government of India.
By the end of April, 1.2 million vaccine doses had been administered.

#### May 2021

By the end of May, 1.6 million vaccine doses had been administered.

#### June 2021

By the end of June, 3.4 million vaccine doses had been administered.

#### July 2021

The vaccination campaign in Nigeria was paused on 9 July due to exhaustion of the first COVAX shipment that arrived in March.
By the end of July, 3.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.

#### August 2021

On 1 August, Nigeria received four million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines from the United States.
The second phase of the vaccination rollout began on 16 August.
By the end of August, 4.2 million vaccine doses had been administered.

#### September 2021

By the end of September, 6.9 million vaccine doses had been administered.

#### October 2021

On 8 October, Nigeria received 500,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Government of France.
By the end of October, 8.6 million vaccine doses had been administered. 4% of the target population had been fully vaccinated by the end of the month.

#### November 2021

By the end of November, 9.8 million vaccine doses had been administered. 4% of the target population had been fully vaccinated by the end of the month.

#### December 2021

Up to a million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were destroyed by Nigeria due to their short expiry dates.
By the end of December, 14.8 million vaccine doses had been administered. 5% of the target population had been fully vaccinated by the end of the month.

#### January 2022

By the end of January, 20.6 million vaccine doses had been administered. 6% of the target population had been fully vaccinated by the end of the month.

#### February 2022

By the end of February, 26.5 million vaccine doses had been administered and 8.1 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

#### March 2022

By the end of March, 31.4 million vaccine doses had been administered and 9.6 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

#### April 2022

By the end of April, 38.4 million vaccine doses had been administered and 14.9 million persons had been fully vaccinated.

## Vaccines on order

| Vaccine | Approval | Deployment |
| Oxford–AstraZeneca | Yes | Yes |
| Moderna | Yes | Yes |
| Janssen | Yes | No |
| Sputnik V | Yes | No |
| Pfizer–BioNTech | Yes | No |
| Sinopharm BIBP | Yes | No |

## Rollout schedule

COVID-19 vaccination plan in Nigeria :
| Phase | Priority group | Progress |
| 1 | Health workers and supporting staff, frontline workers and first responders | In progress |
| 2 | Priority 1: Persons aged 60 years and above. Priority 2: Persons aged 50–59 years | In progress |
| 3 | Persons aged 18–49 years with co-morbidities | |
| 4 | The rest of the eligible population aged 18–49 years | |

## Statistics

Total number of people receiving vaccinations in Nigeria as of 28 February 2022

### By state

Proportion vaccinated (1st dose)
Proportion vaccinated (2nd dose)
COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria by state, as of 28 February 2022 :
| State | Total clients vaccinated (1st dose) | Total clients vaccinated (2nd dose) | Total clients vaccinated (booster dose) | Total clients vaccinated (booster dose) |
| State | Total clients vaccinated (1st dose) | Total clients vaccinated (2nd dose) | Moderna | Pfizer |
| Abia | 178,606 | 104,979 | 1,052 | 15,352 |
| Adamawa | 325,185 | 140,431 | 81 | 7,670 |
| Akwa Ibom | 170,729 | 78,381 | 24 | 1,587 |
| Anambra | 138,288 | 62,047 | 147 | 1,325 |
| Bauchi | 322,583 | 128,349 | 698 | 4,240 |
| Bayelsa | 57,895 | 23,222 | 202 | 726 |
| Benue | 288,182 | 103,910 | 132 | 1,052 |
| Borno | 200,699 | 73,697 | 85 | 2,766 |
| Cross River | 354,326 | 172,314 | 298 | 15,539 |
| Delta | 543,596 | 354,427 | 7,709 | 18,736 |
| Ebonyi | 96,268 | 37,793 | 90 | 134 |
| Edo | 208,074 | 97,024 | 1,042 | 1,642 |
| Ekiti | 300,453 | 170,761 | 151 | 3,802 |
| Enugu | 200,522 | 71,349 | 129 | 2,467 |
| FCT | 453,323 | 253,528 | 1,821 | 18,282 |
| Gombe | 238,851 | 136,204 | 638 | 20,256 |
| Imo | 132,663 | 72,851 | 24 | 1,056 |
| Jigawa | 2,391,500 | 716,180 | 109 | 16,638 |
| Kaduna | 403,613 | 210,424 | 678 | 6,317 |
| Kano | 1,797,509 | 698,910 | 6,550 | 140,078 |
| Katsina | 446,009 | 150,495 | 474 | 7,564 |
| Kebbi | 267,666 | 127,030 | 1,645 | 17,919 |
| Kogi | 230,523 | 77,955 | 235 | 159 |
| Kwara | 452,723 | 211,390 | 230 | 2,287 |
| Lagos | 1,560,402 | 1,010,498 | 599 | 54,514 |
| Nasarawa | 1,144,679 | 611,963 | 1,288 | 199,669 |
| Niger | 363,643 | 139,411 | 89 | 3,117 |
| Ogun | 942,275 | 499,162 | 338 | 16,326 |
| Ondo | 412,164 | 204,788 | 98 | 2,994 |
| Osun | 564,513 | 257,106 | 233 | 8,903 |
| Oyo | 926,268 | 460,234 | 231 | 15,325 |
| Plateau | 250,841 | 128,225 | 664 | 2,658 |
| Rivers | 404,555 | 193,151 | 744 | 10,094 |
| Sokoto | 234,880 | 76,227 | | 52 |
| Taraba | 206,826 | 70,918 | 511 | 2,474 |
| Yobe | 200,970 | 69,729 | 159 | 3,542 |
| Zamfara | 503,142 | 202,589 | 359 | 40,085 |