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Africa News of Thursday January 21, 2021
Source: punchng.com
01/21/2021
Nigeria has been selected from 12 African countries to benefit from the first vaccine shipment
Nigeria Governors Forum President Kayode Fayemi announced on Thursday that Nigeria has been selected from 12 African countries that will receive the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries by the end of February.
This was contained in a statement released after the end of a virtual NGF meeting held on Wednesday but made public on Thursday.
The statement read in part: “NGF Chairman HE Dr. Kayode Fayemi briefed state governors on a meeting with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chairman of the Board of Gavi, the Global Alliance for vaccines and the COVAX facility which is a global risk-sharing mechanism co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and the World Health Organization to facilitate the pooled supply and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries.
“Nigeria is among 12 African countries that have indicated that the 92 qualified countries are ready for installation and will receive by the end of February 2021 its first shipment of vaccines.
“The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has indicated that vaccines will be administered in four phases, depending on the type and availability of vaccines, first for frontline health workers, then for the elderly. (55 years and over), people with underlying health problems and other target groups. .
“On the unfortunate statement made by a member of the Forum regarding the Covid-19 vaccine in a national daily, the Forum totally and categorically dissociated itself from this statement, stressing that the Forum will continue to be informed and guided by science and will ensure that each decision taken maintains the confidence of the public and professionals and is not compromised by conflicts of interest. “
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