The National Primary Health CareDevelopment Agency has commenced online registration of Nigerians interested intaking COVID-19 vaccination ahead of the Tuesday arrival of the first batch of
the nation’s vaccines.The agency disclosed this in a series ofmessages posted on its Twitter handle, @NphcdaNG, on Monday.
“We have provided an e-registration linkto enable Nigerians (to) register for the #COVID19Vaccine themselves, obtaintheir pre-vaccination numbers and schedule their preferred date and time forvaccination,” one of the messages quoted the agency’s Executive Director,Faisal Shuaib, as saying.
“To register for #COVID19 Vaccination,visit our website https://t.co/RVn9HsK1Ga and click on COVID-19 Vaccinatione-registration,” another message read.
The agency however made it clear that inthe first phase of the vaccination, health care workers, frontline workers,including the military, police, oil and gas workers, Nigerians at the borderposts, and strategic leaders among others will be prioritised.
In another message, the NPHCDA disclosedthat a female healthcare professional, Osindeinde Abodede, emerged the firstperson to register for the vaccination.
“Congratulations, Mrs. OsindeindeAdemilayo Abosede, a frontline health care professional. She is the first toregister for the #COVID19 Vaccination,” the message read.
According to the test message received bythe healthcare worker after completing her registration, which was attached tothe tweet, she was booked to be vaccinated on March 12, 2021 between 10am and12 noon in Abuja.
The message read, “Dear Osindeinde Ademilayo Abosede, you have successfully registeredand scheduled for the first dose of COVID-19 Vaccine at fc (sic) Abuja Sheraton
and Towers Hospital in 2021-03-12. Morning -10am -12noon.”