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COVID-19 VACCINE
U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given emergency use authorization to Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine.
A survey conducted by the Africa CDC and other partners has shown that a predominant majority of respondents in Africa approve of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The FG has revealed that Nigeria has signed up with WHO, Gavi, manufacturers for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccine.
The Federal Government is getting ready to vaccinate millions of people as it will soon receive 20 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
Poor countries may not be able to get COVID-19 vaccines until 2024 as some wealthy countries are allegedly hoarding them.
UK’s MHRA has advised that people with a significant history of allergies should not receive the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
Moderna Inc, has said that the company has the capacity to produce up to 500 million coronavirus vaccines by 2021.
The AU and Africa CDC have revealed that they have reached out to both China and Russia over the possibility of vaccine partnerships.
AstraZeneca has said that its vaccine being developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford could be 90% effective.
G-20 has agreed to pay for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to developing nations that can't afford it.
Sources have disclosed that developed nations are in opposition to a proposed waiver of intellectual property rules for COVID-19 drugs.
Pfizer Inc has announced that a final analysis of clinical-trial data of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine showed it was 95% effective.