John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu. The minister, in a statement through her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Nneka Anibeze, described the occurrence as “one death, too many”.

The head of the vaccination programme, Nneka Nlewedim-Okafor, said: "With the over-75s, we do have 50% uptake; and care home residents, we have 87% uptake. "So it's gradually, gradually increasing ...