Tag: Vaccination
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Nigeria Destroys Over 1 Million Expired Doses
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday, destroyed over a million COVID-19 Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines after they have passed the expiry date. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, at Gosa Dumpsite, 2km away from Idu Railway Station, FCT Abuja, said that Nigeria had successfully withdrawn about 1,066,214, doses…
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Nigeria Authorises J&J Vaccine today in third Approval Covid Vaccines
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will today issue an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the single-dose Covid-19 vaccines developed by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. This follows Nigeria’s bid to get 29.6 million doses of the viral vector vaccine through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust led by…