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COVID Vaccine: Nigeria Receives 3.2 Million Pfizer Doses

COVID Vaccine: Nigeria Receives 3.2 Million Pfizer Doses

  • Nigeria has received 3.2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine from the United States.
  • The received vaccine will aid Nigeria’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID 19 in the country
  • The latest donation is in line with the United States’s commitment to donate 1.2 billion COVID 19 vaccines worldwide

Nigeria has received 3.2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine which were donated by the United States of America.

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The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, announced the donation after taking delivery of the vaccines.

The vaccines were presented to the NPHCDA by the U.S. Ambassador, Beth Leonard, on Tuesday at the National Strategic Warehouse in Abuja.

A statement released by the U.S. Mission Nigeria confirmed that the vaccines have a validity of 6 months before expiry and will be stored at the Strategic Warehouse before distribution to vaccination sites nationwide.

During the visit, Ambassador Leonard inspected the COVID vaccine doses and commended the agency for maintaining proper storage.

Read also: Nigeria Reaches 17.5 Million Vaccination Milestone

She stated that the vaccines were our best bet at putting an end to the global pandemic.

The statement also revealed that all COVID 19 vaccine doses donated by the U.S. to Nigeria have an expiration deadline of at least 6 months to ensure that there is adequate time for their use.

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