COVID-19: NAFDAC has not approved any vaccines DG
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Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the agency has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines. She made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja.
She stated that the agency had not received any application from vaccine manufacturers “and therefore, no vaccine had been approved by NAFDAC.
“There are reports of fake vaccines in Nigeria; NAFDAC is pleading with the public to beware. COVID-19 vaccines are new, and the side effects must be monitored.
“No COVID-19 vaccines have been approved by NAFDAC. Fake vaccines can cause COVID-like illnesses or other serious diseases that can kill.’’
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it has not received any application from Covid Vaccine manufacturer and therefore no vaccines have been approved by the Agency.
This was disclosed on Friday by the Director-General of the Agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye at a virtual media briefing in Abuja.
Adeyeye said there are reports of fake vaccines in Nigeria, pleading with the public to beware as no COVID-19 vaccines have been approved by the Agency and fake vaccines can cause Covid-like illnesses or other serious diseases that could kill.
“Covid-19 vaccines are new, and the side effects or adverse events must be well monitored, therefore, if NAFDAC does not approve, the public should not use”. She added.
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As India inches closer to the massive national COVID-19 immunisation drive, the necessity to ensure that vaccines reach the people in safe and uncompromised state has become crucial.
| 20 Dec 2020 2:45 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: As India inches closer to the massive national COVID-19 immunisation drive, the necessity to ensure that vaccines reach the people in safe and uncompromised state has become crucial. The huge gap in demand and supply of COVID vaccines has made experts wary of pilferage and infiltration by counterfeits once they hit the market shelves.
Lalit Kant, former head of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said that the vaccine is a commodity which is currently sought after by more than 7 billion people around the world, a situation which possibly triggers many kinds of mischiefs.