 An update on the progress of phase 2 COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria has been given by Dr Faesar Shuaib. He is the Executive Director of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency. He spoke at the weekly press briefing in Abuja, plus TV Africa's Mercy Eberko monitored virtually. Several countries such as Czech Republic, Germany, France and USA who start giving booster shots to people already vaccinated against coronavirus. Commendable efforts to boost immunity in the face of the fast-spreading Delta variant. The Executive Director of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency believes the booster shot is not a priority for Nigeria. We are at the point where people have not even gotten their first doses. You know, let you learn a second dose before we start talking about booster doses. So let us really grapple with what is immediate, which is getting Nigerians to be administered the first and the second doses of the vaccines. What our data is showing is that we are not likely to have vaccines expire on the shelf because given the absorption rates that we are seeing, you have seen and heard from the UNICEF that in the last few days we have had absorption rates of over 100,000 people being vaccinated daily. With those types of absorption rates, we know that we will be able to vaccinate Nigerians before the expiry dates of these vaccines. Dr. Shuaib is one of many who believes that there is a significant progress with vaccination across the country, and quite a number have received the vaccination. Meanwhile, the possibility of vaccine efficacy has been taken care of. As of 6 September 2021, a total of 3,600,858 eligible Nigerians have so far received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is made up of 2,551,738 persons vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine and 1,049,120 vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine. In all these, UNICEF is saying this is not the time not to get vaccinated. This should be a motivation to all Nigerians to get vaccinated in order for us to increase our population coverage and return back to normalcy. The goal is to get all vaccinated and fortified to withstand a deadly infection. Messy Boko for Plus TV Africa.