The destroyed vaccines which bought expired in November, are a part of the two,594,100 doses of vaccines acquired on the eleventh and twenty ninth October of 2021.
Nigeria Destroys Over 1million COVID-19 Vaccine
The Nationwide Company for Meals and Drug Administration and Management, (NAFDAC) in collaboration with the Nationwide Major Well being Care Improvement Company (NPHCDA) destroyed a million, sixty-six thousand, 2 hundred and fourteen (1,066,214) doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday, December 22.
The destroyed vaccines which bought expired in November, are a part of the two,594,100 doses of vaccines acquired on the eleventh and twenty ninth October of 2021.
A million, 5 hundred and twenty-seven thousand, eight hundred and Eighty-six of the vaccines (1,527,886) had been mentioned to have been utilised.
Channels Tv reported that the vaccine had been destroyed on the Gosa Dumping web site, about 2Km away from Idu Railway Station in Abuja.
Director-Basic of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye mentioned the choice to destroy the vaccine adopted a number of testing processes that had been performed.
She added that it was obligatory to guard Nigerians from being harmed.
Government Secretary of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib on his personal half mentioned the vaccines got here with a brief life span, some as brief as 2 weeks to expiration.
Describing the scenario as unlucky, Faisal additional said that whereas Nigeria appreciates the gesture of the donors, it was not within the curiosity of the nation that vaccines with a brief lifespan are despatched to it.
Dr. Faisal additionally introduced that solely about 10 million Nigerians have been vaccinated towards COVID-19. He additionally expressed optimism that Nigeria will be capable to meet its goal of vaccinating 110 million Nigerians.
