Africa Business Radio

The federal government put the total number of eligible Nigerians that have so far received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at 3,600,858.The government has explained the reason Nigerians who have been fully vaccinated are still required to isolate upon arrival in the United Kingdom is that the country was yet to meet criteria such as the percentage of population immunised and incidence rates of COVID-19 infection.The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, says that as a mark of diplomatic reciprocity, Nigeria also requires fully vaccinated UK citizens to isolate for seven days.He says Nigeria alongside countries such as France and the Netherlands were listed as amber countries by the UK government based on criteria such as the number of population immunised and incidence rates of COVID-19 infection.