The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Thursday, announced the conditional approval of Russian Sputnik vaccine for Covid-19 vaccination in Nigeria.
The EU also cited same concerns while the UNICEF in a statement had stated that the procurement of the Sputnik vaccine by UNICEF will be under the condition of the product achieving an Emergency Use Listing from WHO, to confirm the quality, safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
She said, “Sputnik V is yet to receive the EUL approval and therefore was subjected to full six-months review by NAFDAC. The Agency was granted access to the dossiers and prior assessment reports of Moderna and AstraZeneca from the WHO website at different times over the past two months.
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