Nigeria to begin administering 2nd batch of vaccines August 10 – PSC | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
The vaccines were donated by the United State of America.The Director Press, PSC on COVID-19, Mr Willie Bassey, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.“The PSC has received over four million doses of Moderna vaccine donated by the U.S. Government to Nigeria.“In view of the above, the inoculation is scheduled from Tuesday, Aug. 10, at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, off Airport road, Abuja,” he said.
NAN recalls that the donation was part of President Joe Biden’s promise, to give 500 million vaccines to the world by the end of 2022. The delivery was the second batch of vaccines to arrive in Nigeria, after four million doses were delivered in March under the COVAX vaccine sharing facility.COVAX was set up to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines, particularly to low-income countries, and had already delivered more than 80 million doses to 129 territories.The Moderna vaccine received on Aug. 1, is mRNA type of vaccine, manufactured and developed by Moderna, NIAID.
NAN recalls that the Federal Government announced its plan to vaccinate 109 million people against the COVID-19 virus, over a period of two years.To achieve this, “the vaccine roll-out will be in four phases, starting with health workers, frontline workers, COVID-19 rapid response team, laboratory network, policemen, petrol station workers and strategic leaders.
“Phase 2 includes older adults, aged 50 years and above. Those with co-morbidities, aged 18 – 49 years of age.“Phase 4 – Other eligible population as vaccines become available,” it stated.
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