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COVID-19 VACCINE
WHO has called on COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers and the wealthier countries buying them to stop making bilateral deals.
The UK medicines regulator has approved Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency against the virus.
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have offered to supply Africa with 50 million Covid-19 vaccines from March 2021.
President Ramaphosa has revealed that the continent is left with few options to procure Covid-19 vaccines.
Around two million people per week will now be vaccinated in the UK following the approval of a second vaccine.
Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 will focus on the procurement of vaccines in the first quarter of 2021.
Africa would need about $9 billion as funding to purchase enough of Covid-19 vaccines.
BioNTech has said that its vaccine could work on new Coronavirus strain which was found in the UK.
The Minister said that about N400 billion would be required to vaccinate 70 per cent of Nigeria’s 211 million population, at eight dollars per person.
A US health agency has revealed that a third vaccine could get US approval by next month.
Joe Biden and his wife, Jill will on Monday, publicly receive their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
A World Bank survey has revealed that 90% of respondents are willing to take the Covid-19 test, while 89% are willing to be vaccinated for free.