HE said:
“As you are aware, Nigeria received 3.94 million doses of the COVID-19 Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on March 2, 2021.
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These vaccines represented the first tranche of about 16 million doses allocated to Nigeria through the COVAX facility, aimed at vaccinating an initial 20 per cent of the population.
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We shall also be receiving about 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines donated by the Government of India to Nigeria. This will further boost the number of Nigerians to be vaccinated by about 50,000. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha receives the 100,000 doses of Covishield Vaccines from the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Velagaleti Surendra. [Twitter/@NphcdaNG]
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Also, 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines pledged by India have been delivered.
Acting Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Velagaleti Surendra, made the presentation on Tuesday.
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, and other officials received the donation.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation recalled Nigeria got 3.94 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on March 2, 2021.
He said they represented the first tranche of about 16 million doses allocated to the country through the COVAX facility.
The aim is to vaccinate an initial 20 percent of the population; more vaccines are expected from the African Union’s Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT).
COVID-19: Existing vaccines largely ineffective against new variants FG
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By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA
The Federal Government has asked Nigerians to continue to maintain all non-pharmaceutical measures against the COVID-19, saying the vaccines have proved largely effective against some new variants of the virus.
Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha disclosed this on Tuesday at a briefing of the task force.
He said over 963, 000 have now been vaccinated against the virus.
“The World Health Organization (WHO) granted Emergency Use License (EUL) to three vaccines – Pfizer/BioNTech, Oxford/AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. There are at least 10 other vaccines that have been granted emergency use approval by national regulatory authorities, and more than 80 vaccine candidates in development. Additionally, two antigen-based Rapid Diagnostic Test kits (RDTs) have been approved for use by the W
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Most developed countries are in the advanced stages of COVID-19 vaccination rollouts. But a large number of developing countries, including most across Africa, are still at the early stages, mainly due to a shortage of shots.
African countries are trying to overcome the shortfall by using a multi-pronged approach to secure vaccines. This includes sourcing them through:
the COVAX facility. This is a global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. It’s led by global health organisations including Gavi, the vaccine alliance, the World Health Organisation, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations;
the COVID-19 African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team, which was established by the African Union;