Nigerian govt opens portal for e-registration of covid-19 vaccination

The federal government, on Monday, urged Nigerians to register for Covid-19 vaccination as the country prepares to take delivery of some doses of the jab.

Nigeria is scheduled to receive the first batch of 3.92m doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday from COVAX.

Read also: 240 new COVID-19 cases take Nigeria’s total to 155,657. Deaths, recoveries updated

The e-registration would be done via the portal of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).

“Please visit the website http://nphcda.gov.ng and click on ‘COVID-19 Vaccination e-registration’ to register for #COVID19 vaccination,” the Nigerian government said in a tweet.

Please visit the website https://t.co/MdqC5yHwTE and click on ‘COVID-19 Vaccination e-registration' to register for #COVID19 vaccination.#YesToCOVID19Vaccine pic.twitter.com/dUo5Tp8WSq

— Government of Nigeria (@NigeriaGov) March 1, 2021

Ghana’s president and vice president had earlier today took the AstraZeneca covid-19 from COVAX on live television today.

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