The Coronavirus vaccine is now in Nigeria

All you must know about the Coronavirus vaccines and where to get it in your LGA

When the Coronavirus pandemic struck the world in 2020, nobody was ready. Not the USA, not Europe, not Asia, and definitely NOT Africa. One could argue that Nigeria was amongst the worst-prepared countries in the world with zero precautions, no announcements, no tests, nothing was happening until the situation became dire. The rest of the world raced to acquire test kits, PPEs, and preventive measures to flatten the curve. It was business as usual in Nigeria until March 2020.

The world shut down.

The race to create an effective vaccine began with pharmaceuticals and scientists across the world working hard to “save the world.” Barely six months after the world shut down, we started hearing announcements about vaccines that have been tested and proven to be at least 71% effective.

It is now 2021, and we are glad to let you know that Nigeria is redeeming herself because the AstraZeneca vaccine is now in Nigeria, and you can get it for free at your nearest PHC.

A list of all the locations where you can go to get your vaccine for free without pre-registration:

S/N	LGAs	Wards	Facility
1	Agege	KEKE	Sango PHC
2	Agege	ORILE	Powerline phc
3	Ajeromi/Ifelodun	OLUWA/AKERE	Akere PHC
4	Ajeromi/Ifelodun	OWOYEMI	LAYENI PHC
5	Ajeromi	OWOYEMI	Signals Operation Command Clinic
6	Ajeromi	ALAYABIAGBA	Obisesan Naval Medical Centre
7	Ajeromi/Ifelodun	Awodiora	Ajeromi GH
8	Alimosho	Alabata	Akowonjo PHC
9	Alimosho	ALAGBADO/ALAKUKO	AGBADO PHC
10	Alimosho	IDIMU	Helen Aderonke PHC
11	Alimosho	IPAJA	Ipaja phc
12	Alimosho	ISHERI-OLOFIN	Isheri Olofin PHC
13	Alimosho	OKUNOLA	Rauf Aregbesola phc
14	Alimosho	OMITUNTUN-OLORI	Ipinlerere PHC
15	Alimosho	IGANDO	Alimosho GH
16	Alimosho	GowonEstate	NIGERIAN NAVY SICKBAY
17	Alimosho	Oguntade/Bameke	NAF Medical Centre Shasha
18	Amuwo Odofin	ADO SOBA	BAT PHC
19	Amuwo Odofin	AGBOJU &ENVIRON	Agboju phc
20	Amuwo Odofin	ORIRE	Festac PHC
21	Amuwo	KIRIKIRI & ENVIRON	NIGERIAN NAVY REFERENCE HOSPITAL
22	Apapa	GASKIYA	Olojowon Primary Health Centre
23	Apapa	IJORA	Ijora oloye phc
24	APAPA	APAPA	CFO MRS MILITARY HOSPITAL
25	Badagry	APA	APA PHC
26	Badagry	IWORO-GBANKO	Ilado phc
27	BADAGRY	APA	NAF Mother & Child Hosp
28	Epe	AGBOWA I	Agbowa PHC
29	Epe	BADO/EBOLE/ETITA/IBERIKODO	Epe phc
30	Epe	AGBOWA	Agbowa GH
31	Eti Osa	1004/ABOYADE	Oriyanrin PHC
32	Eti Osa	BADORE/LANGBASA	Badore phc
33	Eti Osa	IGBO-EFON/MAIYEGUN	Igbo efon phc
34	Eti Osa	IJEH/DOLPHIN ESTATE	Ikoyi PHC
35	Eti Osa	IKATE/LEKKI	IKATE PHC
36	Eti Osa	SANGOTEDO	SANGOTEDO PHC
37	Eti Osa	OKUNMOPO/OGOMBO	MCC
38	Eti-Osa	Falomo	Police Hospital
39	Eti-Osa	VI2	65 Batallion MRS Hospital
40	Ibeju Lekki	IBEJU I	IBEJU PHC
41	Ibeju Lekki	ORIMEDU I	Akodo GH
42	Ifako/Ijaye	ALAGBADO/KOLLINTON	Agbado Kola PHC
43	Ifako/Ijaye	IFAKO/COKER	Ifako Primary Health Centre
44	Ifako/Ijaye	IFAKO/COKER	Ifako GH
45	Ikeja	OJODU	OJODU PHC
46	Ikeja	ONILEKERE	ONILEKERE PHC
47	Ikeja	OREGUN	Oregun PHC
48	Ikeja	G.R.A.	LASUTH
49	Ikeja	Onigbongbo	9BMC Army Cantonment Ikeja
50	Ikorodu	ATERE	Imota phc
51	Ikorodu	IPAKODO	Ipakodo PHC
52	Ikorodu	ISELE	Ikorodu Phc
53	Ikorodu	ITUMOKUN	Igbogbo Phc
54	Ikorodu	OKE-ELETU/ABULE-EKO	OKE ELETU PHC
55	Ikorodu	ODONGUNYAN	174 Batallion Child Health Care
56	Kosofe	OGUDU	Ogudu PHC
57	Kosofe	BAMGBE/ELEBIJU	KETU PHC
58	Kosofe	IKOSI-OKE	Ikosi phc
59	Kosofe	Araromi Ifako	Gbagada GH
60	Lagos Island	EPETEDO EAST	Sura PHC
61	Lagos Island	OKE-OLOWOGBOWO	Olowogbowo Phc
62	Lagos Island	ODAN	LIMH
63	Lagos Mainland	ALOBA/DESALU	Abule nla phc
64	Lagos Mainland	FREEMAN/GLOVER	Simpson PHC
65	Lagos Mainland	SALAMI/ BAIYEWUNMI	IWAYA PHC
66	Lagos Mainland	IPONRI olaleye	Federal Medical Centre Ebute Metta
67	Lagos Mainland	ABULE IJESHA	Infectious Disease Hospital
68	Lagos Mainland	ONIKE OYADIRAN	Nig. Sec. Printing & Mint Corp. Hospital
69	Lagos Mainland	Abule Oja	Yaba 68 Nig Army Reference Hospital
70	MUSHIN	ALAKARA	Kajola phc
71	MUSHIN	PAPA AJAO	Palm Avenue PHC
72	MUSHIN	Idi Araba	LUTH
73	OJO	EGAN	Ishagira phc
74	OJO	ETEGBIN	Imude phc
75	OJO	IBA	Iba phc
76	OJO	IJANIKIN	Otto/Ijanikin PHC
77	OJO	OJO TOWN	OJO PHC
78	OJO	IRA	149 Battalion MRS
79	OJO	Okokomaiko	Navy Hospital
80	OSHODI	IFOSHIN	Iyana-Ejigbo PHC
81	OSHODI	IGBEHINADUN	Oshodi phc
82	OSHODI	ILASAMAJA	Ilasa phc
83	OSHODI	Shogunle	Shogunle Ikeja NAF
84	OSHODI	OLUYEYE	Port Health
85	SHOMOLU	IGBARI	AKOKA PHC
86	SHOMOLU	OWODE /ORILE BARIGA	CMS PHC
87	SURULERE	BABATUNDE AYILARA	Akerele phc
88	SURULERE	OSHO	Orile Iganmu PHC

We will be updating this list as more centres open, so be sure to come back to check every week.

Below is a quick overview of the types of vaccines being administered worldwide and how effective they are:

Pfizer-BioNTech

Type: mRNA
Doses: 2, 21 Days Apart
Efficacy: About 95%. 100% at preventing hospitalization and death

Moderna

Type: mRNA
Doses: 2, 28 Days Apart
Efficacy: About 95%. 100% at preventing hospitalization and death

AstraZeneca-University of Oxford

Type: Adenovirus-based
Doses: 2, 28 Days Apart
Efficacy: Currently about 70% overall

Johnson & Johnson

Type: Adenovirus-based
Doses: 1
Authorized

Efficacy: 66% efficacy at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infections. In the U.S., it was slightly higher, 72%. 100% effective at preventing hospitalization and death.

Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine

Type: Adenovirus-based
Doses: 2
Efficacy: 91.4%

Sinovac Biotech

Type: Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus
Doses: 2
Efficacy: 50.38% to 91.25%

Novavax

Type: Protein-based vaccine
Doses: 2
Efficacy: 89.3%

CanSino Biologics

Type: Viral vector, loading an antigen from the SARS-CoV-2 virus onto an adenovirus.
Doses: 1
Efficacy: 65.7% at preventing symptomatic cases; 90.98% efficacy in preventing severe disease.