Nigeria Has Secured 41m Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine - Osagie Ehanire Says

 

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says Nigeria has secured an additional 41 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

He disclosed this on Thursday, when he featured on a Channels Television programme. 

TheCable had detailed that Nigeria had made sure about 100,000 dosages of COVID-19 antibody through the COVAX office, which is co-driven by the World Health Organization (WHO) and GAVI Alliance. 

Albeit the recently planned period for conveyance of the 100,000 dosages was January 2021, the wellbeing pastor said the date has now been moved to February, due to the "difficulties of getting the provisions". 

Ehanire noticed that the extra 41 million portions of COVID-19 immunizations is through the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), an antibody system coordinated by the African Union, which is led by Cyril Ramaphosa, leader of South Africa. 

"A system for the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), of which the pastor of wellbeing of Nigeria is a part, and the seat is the leader of South Africa, was initiated in November 2020," he said. 

"At the gathering we had on the sixth of January, it was declared that they had a blend of 270 million dosages of COVID-19 immunizations going to be prepared, on the grounds that they are on hand. 

"Presently, we quickly applied for 10 million dosages, yet at the gathering we had two days back, the AVATT group reported that they really had now done assignment as indicated by populace. 

"Nigeria is dispensed 41 million dosages of immunizations of three sorts." 

He clarified that the acquirement of the immunizations for African nations is being financed by the Afrexim bank, and nations are required to make a discount on a later date. 

At the point when gotten some information about when in February the antibodies will be accessible to Nigeria, the wellbeing pastor said he didn't have a definite date, adding that makers decide the circumstance of immunization accessibility. 

"We don't have a careful date. The date it comes out relies upon when the producers can convey, and that isn't something any nation can implement," he said. 

On the accessibility of assets for the obtainment of the antibodies, he noticed that the COVAX office dosages are free for the initial 20% of the populace, while the nation will pay for coordinations on conveyance and organization. 

"Nigeria is activating assets. We have a few subsidizes prepared. We will put aside a considerable installment when the time has come," he added.