AstraZeneca Vaccine has been approved by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control for use in Nigeria.
Director-General of the Agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said this on Thursday at a press conference in Abuja.
Professor Adeyeye said NAFDAC got the dossier of the vaccine a week ago, while its safety committee went to work immediately to evaluate its safety and efficacy for Nigerians.
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While affirming that the vaccine could be stored in two to eight degrees Centigrade, she explained that there were three additional vaccines undergoing evaluation.
Folowing this approval, Nigeria stands in a better position in the ongoing battle against the infection of Coronavirus pandemic among the global community.
According to her, the evaluation on Astrazeneca shows that the vaccine is effective against the United Kingdom variant of the virus which has been reported in Nigeria.
