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The Nigerian government, on Monday, received another tranche of COVID-19 vaccine doses.
The latest tranche, 4.8 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was donated by the US government.
Representatives from UNICEF and USAID officially presented the vaccine at a ceremony in Abuja.
According to AFP, the vaccines had arrived Nigeria on Sunday via two planes.
Read also: COVID-19 Might Not Be Last Pandemic – WHO
Nigeria had earlier kicked off its COVID-19 vaccination program in April after receiving 3.9 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX initiative.
The Moderna vaccines, which were approved by NAFDAC in July, are expected to boost the country’s vaccination programme.
The virus has killed 2,149 people and infected nearly 174,000 in Nigeria, but the real figures are believed to be much higher, in part because of low testing rates.
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