The second phase of COVID-19 vaccination has kicked off in Anambra on Tuesday.
Dr Chioma Ezenyimulu, the Executive Secretary/ CEO, Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ANPHDA,) who spoke at a ceremony to mark the commencement of the vaccination exercise, said 71,892 doses of two brands of vaccines were available.
He said the doses included 58,100 of Moderna vaccine and 13,792 of AstraZeneca vaccine.
Ezenyimulu said Anambra received 78,810 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in March for the first phase of the vaccination.
She said, “since then we have vaccinated 62,167 Anambra people for first and second doses, representing 98 per cent of the target population.