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Nigeria takes steps towards COVID-19 vaccine local Production

7,465 Nigerians get 2nd dose of vaccine jab 

As a way of closing up the COVID- 19 vaccine supply gap in Nigeria and the African continent the Nigerian Government has taken steps to fast track local production of the vaccine within the confines of the country.

Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib made this known yesterday in Abuja at the second press conference to update

Nigerians on the status of COVID-19 vaccination.

Shuaib said, ” while we are pushing for equity, justice and fair play in the global allocation of vaccines, the FMOH is working with critical stakeholders to fast track the establishment of local vaccine production plants in Nigeria.”

This initiative will be seizing on the environment created by the lopsided availability of vaccines, momentum around intellectual property waivers and health security imperatives that vaccines represent.”

Meanwhile, the NPHCDA boss said that 73,465 Nigerians have received their second dose of COVID- 19 vaccination across the country while 1,956,598 people received their first dose of the Astrazeneca vaccine.

He urged all Nigerians who have received their first dose to go back for the second jab at the same health facility where they got the first jab to ensure full protection against COVID-19.

He advised citizens relocating from states where they took their for dose to go access special vaccination sites that would accommodate administering their second dose, adding that Nigerians can access the list of vaccination sites available on the agency’s website www.nphcda.gov.ng for update on vaccination points.

WHO Country Representative, DR. Walter Kazadi congratulated NPHCDA for the success of the second dose of COViD-19 vaccination .

Kazadi noted that the Africa continent has received less of it’s share of the Covax facility while some African countries are losing the vaccine that expire before it’s use while others are re- distributing the vaccine elsewhere.

We need those vaccines to end the pandemic, he emphasized.

UNICEF representative said called on those who have received their first dose of the vaccine to go to the nearest vaccination site to get their second dose.

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