The wait to be vaccinated towards the coronavirus is lastly over for Nigerians. Nigeria has simply acquired a complete of three.92 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the present day, March 2nd.
Following this improvement, the Nationwide Major Well being Care Improvement Company (NPHCDA) launched an internet portal and introduced the rules for registrations.
Methods to register
Registration requires a tool with a working web connection. Nigerians who need to register can go to the NPHCDA’s registration portal.
What do you might want to fill the shape?
To fill the vaccination kind, you want your fundamental info: full identify, telephone quantity, electronic mail handle, date of delivery, intercourse, a type of ID, a residential handle together with states, LGA of residence, and ward of residence.
You’re additionally meant to pick out your most popular vaccination date and time slot and add {a photograph}. The shape asks should you work within the well being sector and when you’ve got any medical circumstances or allergy symptoms.
Lastly, you might be required to sort in a code and this completes your registration course of.
It is best to obtain a message that your registration has been accomplished. Additionally, you will be issued a vaccination ID. The message goes thus:
“Registration Accomplished! Your Vaccination ID is:
Your information is efficiently acquired.
Thanks for taking time to fill the shape, you’ll obtain an SMS and electronic mail shortly containing your Vaccination No. and different directions.”
Who’s eligible to obtain the vaccination?
Healthcare staff prime the listing of people that will obtain the vaccine first. Away from them, the NPHCDA stated it can prioritise “frontline staff – the army, police, oil and gasoline staff, customs staff, and strategic leaders.”
Nigeria would be the third African nation to obtain a vaccine underneath the COVAX scheme, after Ghana and Ivory Coast. It must be famous that the vaccine shall be administered with out fees and the nation is predicted to obtain a complete of 16million free doses from COVAX within the coming months.
