The researchers conducted a laboratory-based investigation to validate SARS-CoV-2 assays using samples from COVID-19 survivors and other archived pre-pandemic samples available in Nigeria.
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The vaccine, produced by the Serum Institute of India, under licence from Novavax, is now part of the COVAX facility portfolio.
The new cases bring the total of the recently discovered variant of the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria to six.
The Chairman of the committee, Boss Mustapha, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Friday.
The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, made this known at a news conference on Tuesday.
The vaccine candidate uses a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector, which is now registered for use in eight African countries.
The National President of AMLSN, Prof. James Damen, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of an emergency National Executive Council meeting on Saturday in Abuja.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this known in a statement highlighting the update on the management of COVID-19 in the state on Sunday.
The pandemic “caused severe disease and associated long-term health sequelae, resulting in death and excess mortality, especially among older and vulnerable populations”, WHO said.
WHO stated this in a scientific brief on: “Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: implications for infection prevention precautions,” posted on its website.
The Chairman of the committee, Prof. Noel Wannang, disclosed this while giving an update on the body’s activities on Friday at the Government House, Jos.
Prof. Adesoji Ademuyiwa of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Lagos and also Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Lagos.