Nigeria To Get Additional 41 Million COVID-19 Vaccines

• The AU had announced that it had secured an additional 400 million doses of the vaccines for the continent after it got 270 million initially
• Nigeria, like many other African countries, is yet to start a vaccination programme as cases continue to rise across the country.

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Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, said Nigeria has secured 41 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

Ehanire, who disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the date of the vaccine’s delivery into the country is still unknown.

“We do not have an exact date. The date it comes out depends on when the manufacturers are able to deliver, and that is not something that any country can enforce at this time,” he said.

The 41 million doses were secured as part of efforts by an African Union task team to help countries on the continent gain equitable access to vaccines.

Read also: Nigeria To Receive 10 Million Covid-19 Vaccine In March – Ehanire

The Health Minister also confirmed that an expected delivery of 100,000 vaccine doses via the WHO-backed Covax sharing facility earlier slated for the end of January has now been shifted to February.

“The timelines are not in the hands of the recipient,” he stressed, noting that blocs like the European Union who had pre-ordered vaccines since last year were yet to get enough supply.

On payment for the additional doses, Ehanire said: “Nigeria is mobilising resources. We have some funds ready. We will make a substantial deposit when it is time.”

Meanwhile, the Covax vaccines expected in February are expected to be free, for the first 20 percent of the population. But the country will pay for the “logistics of delivery and administration.”