COVID-19: FG Introduce Sunday Vaccination

As part of the efforts to increase vaccination coverage against the virus in the country the federal government has introduced COVID-19 vaccination exercise to worship centres across the country.

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, who disclosed this during a meeting with the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, said the move is to ensure that members of the religious communities who have not had access to the COVID-19 vaccine are allowed to be vaccinated at their worship places.

“I am glad to inform you that from this second phase of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, we have introduced Sunday vaccination.” He said.

He also explained that arrangements have been made for corporate vaccination of eligible staff of Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), Private/corporate organisations, including faith-based organisation, their family members, dependants, and retirees to be vaccinated at their convenience.