The World Health Organisation WHO has reiterated commitment to ensure that Nigeria gets the coronavirus vaccines in February.
WHO Country Representative, Dr Walter Kazadi disclosed this at a news conference organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and WHO on Saturday in Abuja.
Kazadi said that Nigeria and other Africa countries were not disqualified from accessing the Covid-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility, rather, it’s supporting all countries to access the vaccines as quick as possible.
According to him, the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccines are under review by WHO for Emergency Use Listing and the outcome is expected soon.
The WHO Rep said ” Of all the 88 million AstraZeneca/ Oxford vaccines allocated to African countries for the first phase,Nigrria has received by far the largest allocation with 16 million doses.”
He added that all countries are expected to start accessing the AstraZeneca/ vaccines by the end of February.
