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COVID-19 vaccines: Local clinical trials unnecessary, says Ibadan-based medical doctor
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Amidst growing scepticism over plans by the Federal Government to roll out COVID-19 vaccines without local clinical trials, Dr Ayotunde Fasunla has cautioned Nigerians against embracing conspiracy theories.
Fasunla, the Chairperson of the Oyo State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, in Ibadan.
Fasunla said that there might be no reason to conduct local clinical trials on COVID-19 vaccines that had already been approved by the WHO, owing to the exigencies of the novel coronavirus.
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has ruled out the possibility of conducting a local clinical trial on the proposed N400bn vaccines before administering them on Nigerians.
The agency said since the World Health Organisation had approved the vaccines there might not be need to conduct another clinical trial on the vaccines.
It, however, said it would subject vaccines, which the Federal Government may likely spend N400bn to procure, to proper revalidation before administering them on Nigerians.
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 17, 2020 An illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, on November 17, 2020. – Britain on December 2, 2020 became the first country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for general use. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)As Nigeria prepared to receive its first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines, two scientists have cautioned the Federal Government against a mass COVID-19 vaccination plan.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, in December 2020 revealed that the Federal Government had planned to acquire vaccines worth N400 billion.