Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for Nigerians by NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Nigeria, (NAFDAC), has approved the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine for use in Nigeria.

At a press conference held this morning February 18, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, says the agency got the dossier of the vaccine a week ago, and the NAFDAC safety committee went to work immediately to evaluate its safety and efficacy for Nigerians. Adeyeye said that the vaccine can be stored at 2 to 8-degree centigrade. According to the DG, there are three additional vaccines undergoing evaluation, but the evaluation on Astrazeneca shows that the vaccine is effective against the UK variant of the virus which has been reported in Nigeria. Nigeria is expected to get the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccines by the end of February.

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