The Japanese government on Wednesday donated 859,600 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria.
The donation was made through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility, COVAX.
Speaking at the handover ceremony in Abuja, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, said the Japanese government also donated 175 Solar Direct Drive (SDD) refrigerators to aid COVID-19 response in the country.
Mr Shuaib said today also marks the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Nigeria.
“I am pleased to inform you that the Government of Japan through the COVAX facility has donated 859,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine and 175 Solar Direct drive Refrigerators to aid COVID-19 response in Nigeria,” he said.
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<p>Mr Shuaib said the vaccines bolster the global effort to defeat the coronavirus pandemic and demonstrate the ongoing commitment of the global community to ensuring Nigeria receives the vaccines it needs.</p>
<p>He said the SDD refrigerators will be useful because of their advantages in independent and uninterrupted power source for vaccine storage.</p>
<p>“We have since deployed the SDDs to 24 states of the federation based on vaccine coverage, equity and making sure we reach the last mile,” he said.</p>
<h3><strong>One year after</strong></h3>
<p>Mr Shuaib said today marks one year Nigeria received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX.</p>
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He said the country has so far received 67,973,250 doses of COVID-19 vaccines including 2,100,000 doses out of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccines procured by the government.
He said about 96.9 per cent of the vaccines were received through the COVAX facility.
“While more than 47 million doses are in the pipeline from now to the end of the year.
“The vaccines include AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer and J&J donated by GAVI and different countries including United States, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Spain, Italy, France, Norway, Canada, Germany Ireland, Switzerland, India, and Japan,” he said.
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