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· As a part of global scheme to provide free vaccinations, close to four million coronavirus jabs arrived in Nigeria yesterday from India making Africa’s most populous nation the latest country to receive vaccines from Covax
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The WHO has sent 3.94 million Oxford/AstraZenica doses to Abuja. The vaccine -Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines-was manufactured by the Serum Institute of India
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The consignment is the first of 16 million doses that Covax plans to deliver over the coming months to the country of 200 million people. Nigeria’s food and drug control agency approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for use earlier last moth
As a part of global scheme to provide free vaccinations, close to four million coronavirus jabs arrived in Nigeria yesterday from India making Africa’s most populous nation the latest country to receive vaccines from Covax. The WHO has sent 3.94 million Oxford/AstraZenica doses to Abuja.The vaccine – xford/AstraZeneca vaccines-was manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. The consignment is the first of 16 million doses that Covax plans to deliver over the coming months to the country of 200 million people. Nigeria’s food and drug control agency approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for use earlier last month
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently warned the need to inoculate people from poorer countries, while vaccination rich countries are progressing well. The world health body has cautioned that the pandemic crisis cannot end unless everyone can inoculate their populations. The Nigerian government proposes to vaccinate at least 70 percent of its adult population over the next two years.
Nigeria has recorded 156,017 cases and 1,915 deaths since the start of the pandemic, though the figures are considered undercounted given the low number of tests administered.
