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JUST IN : { COVID-19} NAFDAC approves AstraZeneca vaccine for use in Nigeria

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria.

NAFDAC Director-General, Dr. Mojisola Adeyeye announced this during a live briefing on Thursday.

Dr Adeyeye said that the vaccine can be stored at 2 to 8-degree centigrade.

The NAFDAC Boss, said there are three additional vaccines undergoing evaluation, but the evaluation on Astrazeneca shows that the vaccine is effective against the UK variant of the virus which has been reported in Nigeria.

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She disclosed that the South African variant has not been reported in Nigeria, adding that the agency has over 30 herbal medicine undergoing review for listing.

The vaccine was recently approved by the W.H.O for emergency use, in a press briefing, NAFDAC says it got the dossier of the vaccine a week ago, and the NAFDAC safety committee went to work immediately to evaluate its safety and efficacy for Nigerians.

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