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Aminu Tsanyawa, the state commissioner for health, received the vaccine on Tuesday night at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport.
Tsanyawa said the state will focus on frontline health workers in the first phase of vaccination, adding that Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, will be vaccinated as well.
He said the state action committee on COVID-19 will meet to determine the modalities and when the vaccination will begin.
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On March 2, the long-awaited vaccine arrived in the country courtesy of the UN-led COVAX facility which donated 3,924,000 doses to Nigeria.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) gave the final approval for use of the doses in Nigeria, hours before the launch of vaccination.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Federal Government has concluded plans to reopen the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano for international flight operations