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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has certified AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safe for use in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, made this known on Friday at an event held at the National Hospital in Abuja.<\/p>\n

Ehanire explained that the government agency cleared the vaccine for use in Nigeria after NAFDAC concluded its final test on it.<\/p>\n

Ehanire said, \u201cThe long-awaited day is here on which Nigerians can now join others in the global community to be vaccinated against the dreaded COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us in the health sector, it is a relief and the marking of the start of a tedious but hopeful exercise to see our fellow citizens develop immunity against this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cI am also relieved again to announce that at 12 minutes past midnight today (Friday), I got a text message informing me that NAFDAC has certified this vaccine for use, otherwise, we will not be sitting here today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recall that Nigeria, on Tuesday, received 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca\/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and shipped via the COVAX facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has certified AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safe for use in Nigeria. Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, made this known on Friday at an event held at the National Hospital in Abuja. 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