Nigeria to receive close to 4mln doses of COVAX vaccine on Tuesday

File Photp: A shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the COVAX Facility arrives in Abidjan, Friday Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/ Diomande Ble Blonde)

Nigeria's Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Boss Mustapha on Saturday confirmed that the country will on Tuesday, March 2nd, receive3,924,000 million doses of covid-19 COVAX vaccines.

Mustapha who also doubles up as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), explained that thefirst shipment ofthe vaccines is coming from COVAX, a World Health Organization (WHO) backed initiative set up to procure and ensure equitable distribution of vaccines for free among countries across the globe.

Nigeria has thus far registered 155,000 Coronavirus cases and 1,905 deaths.

(With input from agencies)