This, he said, was part of measures being put in place to stem the tide of the deadly virus this year, adding that another batch of 60 million doses would arrive in 2022.
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Ehanire made this known on Monday in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 national briefing.
The minister made this known in Abuja on Thursday while on a facility inspection tour of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development.
Gates gave the advice on Tuesday night during a virtual press conference ahead of the launch of the 2021 Bill and Melinda Gates Annual Letters.
The World Health Organisation Representative to Russia, Melita Vujnovic, made the disclosure on Wednesday.
Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the Director-General of the NPHDA, told newsmen at a media briefing in Abuja that the vaccines are expected between late January 2021 and early February 2021.
Shuaib gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 national briefing.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Adeleke Olurunnimbe Mamora, said that once the government determines which vaccines are accessible and affordable, authorities then have to consider storage and distribution issues as they prepare to give shots to 200 million people.
The country, which also has Europe’s highest COVID-19 death toll, has been under national lockdown since Jan. 5, with schools closed for most pupils, non-essential businesses shut and people ordered to work from home where possible.
Adeyeye made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja.
Public Health England said it had been testing tens of thousands of health workers across Britain since June for antibodies.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, in December 2020 revealed that the Federal Government had planned to acquire vaccines worth N400 billion.
Regulatory experts convened by the World Health Organization from around the world and UN agency’s own teams reviewed the data on the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and found on Thursday that it met WHO’s must-have criteria for safety and efficacy – with its benefits offsetting any potential risks.
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in Minna at a news conference on measures taken by the state government to prevent a second wave of the disease.
Pandor said this while briefing the media on international developments in Pretoria.
Sources familiar to the situation, according to The Washinton Post on Tuesday, say that Pfizer is unable to provide the additional vaccine doses because other countries have already bought most of its supply.