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Nigeria's Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, yesterday disclosed that the Federal Government cannot categorically state when the much expected AstraZeneca vaccines will be delivered to the country. This is even as World Health Organisation (WHO) tells Nigeria to expect four million doses from COVAX next week. Recall that during the week, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, while addressing journalist at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing, stated that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines may likely arrive the country in one week. He further revealed that only four million, out of the 16 million expected doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the WHO-led COVAX facility will arrive in the firs...

There are indications that Nigeria’s race towards procuring vaccines to combat the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) will start yielding fruits from January. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire disclosed this on Wednesday while addressing State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council FEC meeting, held in the Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ehanire spoke on the prospects of Nigeria getting her doses of the vaccines when he was asked about the progress made on the fight against the pandemic in Nigeria by the federal government. He further disclosed that the country is looking to get the vaccines from more than just one source, adding that the Ministry of Health had already commenced bilateral talks with manufacturing compa...

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We don’t Know when COVID-19 Vaccines will Arrive — Health Minister

We Expect COVID-19 Vaccines in Nigeria By January – Health Minister