The Federal Government on Monday took delivery of another tranche of
COVID-19 vaccine doses.
The latest tranche, over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was
donated by the US government.
Representatives from UNICEF and USAID officially presented the
vaccine at a ceremony in Abuja.
According to AFP, the vaccines had arrived Nigeria on Sunday via two
planes.
Nigeria had earlier kicked off its COVID-19 vaccination program in
April after receiving 3.9 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from
the COVAX initiative.
Covax was set up to ensure the equitable distribution of vaccines,
particularly to low-income countries, and has already delivered more
than 80 million doses to 129 territories.
The Moderna vaccines, which were approved by NAFDAC in July, are
expected to boost the country’s vaccination programme.
The virus has killed 2,149 people and infected nearly 174,000 in
Nigeria, but the real figures are believed to be much higher, in part
because of low testing rates.
