Experts are worried that Nigeria is not participating in the ongoing clinical trials on COVID-19 vaccines, unlike South Africa and Egypt.
The concern is anchored on the fear that the country might not be able to benefit sufficiently it fails to be actively involved in the critical development process.
Agwale, who also chairs the Africa COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing Task Team, said there were plans to ensure that Africa participates in the manufacturing of some of the candidate vaccines on the continent so that we will not be left behind when the world eventually develops a COVID-19 vaccine. According to him, the African Union Commission recently facilitated a programme called the new Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Consortium for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial .
ALSO, there are fears that the growing phobia for vaccines may thwart efforts to protect the world against COVID-19.
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