COVID-19: 51,447 persons vaccinated in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Ministry for Health says a total of 51,447 persons have so far received the Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the state.

The Commissioner for Health, Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said on Friday that 71 per cent of health workers had so far been vaccinated as at March 25, while 54 per cent of the target population for phase 1 have received the vaccine.

The state government had confirmed it received 180,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for frontline health workers, essential staff and those covered in Phase 1.

It had announced plan to secure one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for its residents.

In February, the state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a medical delivery firm, Zipline, to use drone for the distribution of the vaccine across the state.