The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has admitted the country may not have access to the COVID-19 vaccine if it becomes available. Ihekweazu, speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday, explained that 'the market for diagnosis is stood in such a
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has admitted the country may not have access to the COVID-19 vaccine if it becomes available.
The NCDC boss also made it clear that Nigeria must work with the global health community in order to get access. “We have had a vaccine to human papillomavirus for the last 10 years. But because this vaccine costs about $50 per shot, we don’t have access to it in Nigeria.
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