The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, performed the launching in Abuja as Nigeria receives its first batch of 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID -19 vaccines on Tuesday (today).

Meanwhile, the President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Innocent Uja, on Monday said that though he was not aware of the idea of registration before the vaccine, the procedure would violate the agreement of vaccinating frontline workers before any other person.

Uja explained that there was agreement that frontline workers, aged ones from 60 and above, as well as people with hypertension and liver disease, then security people were expected to take the vaccine first.

Uja said, “Then, it means it will violate the issue of frontline first; maybe they want to see the depth of acceptability of the vaccine. Maybe it is not administration. Honestly, I’m not aware that there should be registration online; it has not been communicated to me and I don’t know the process. But if there is going to be registration, they should make it open for people to know. I’m not aware of registration before the vaccine.”