A resurgence of coronavirus cases in West Africa is hitting the region hard, inundating cemeteries where funeral numbers are rising and hospitals where beds are becoming scarce.
Those visible shifts are also pushing a reluctant population to seek out the vaccines in larger numbers at a time when shipments of doses are arriving from multiple sources after nearly grinding to a halt in recent months.
Shortages and delays have caused Africa's 54 countries to fall far behind wealthier nations in their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts.
Some 82 million doses have arrived on the continent, though that is just 10% of the number needed. More shipments are finally rolling in.
Nigerian has just received a little over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by the United States.
Africa's most populous country, with more than 210 million people, Nigeria is also set to receive more than 29 million Johnson & Johnson vaccines purchases by the government through the African Union.