BREAKING: NAFDAC Approves 2 New COVID-19 Vaccines for Nigeria, Speaks on Risks, Benefits
- Two new COVID-19 vaccines, Moderna and Sputnik, were approved by NAFDAC on Thursday, July 15
- NAFDAC's director-general, Moji Adeyeye, disclosed that the approval was given after the agency carried out independent research
- Adeyeye added that the drugs at the moment have not been approved for use by the World Health Organisation
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Abuja - After much consideration and research, the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved Moderna and Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria.
Professor Moji Adeyeye, NAFDAC's director-general, announced the approval on Thursday, July 15, during a press conference in Abuja, Channels TV reports.
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Professor Adeyeye explained that the decision of the agency came after it realised that the benefits of using the vaccines outweigh the risks, although they are yet to be approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), The Nation also reported.
FG to receive 41 million COVID-19 vaccines as third wave begins
Meanwhile, the federal government on Tuesday, July 13, said Nigeria was set to receive 41,282,770 doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of September 2021.
The announcement was made by the executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, at the agency's weekly press briefing attended by Legit.ng reporter.
Speaking at the briefing Shuaib said the doses of vaccines expected in the country include the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, Pfizer-Bio-N Tech/Moderna and Johnson & Johnson products.
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Shuaib said the Oxford AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines are expected in the country through efforts of the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility (COVAX) while the Johnson & Johnson vaccines was expected from the African Union Commission.
He said the government had already received communication for the delivery of the vaccine shipments in the coming months.
According to him, Nigeria is expecting 3,924,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca/Moderna by end of July or early August 2021; 3,930,910 doses of Pfizer-Bio-N Tech/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in August from the COVAX facility donated by the United States government and 3,577,860 doses of Pfizer-Bio-N Tech/Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Q3 from the COVAX facility.
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