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Nigeria may spend over N540bn on COVID-19 vaccines
• FG reveals plan to immunise over 120 million Nigerians
• Minister, top health officials meet NASS Monday over funding
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NIGERIA may spend about $1.4bn (N540.4bn, at the official exchange rate of $1: N386) to procure and distribute 218,400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines,
Sunday PUNCH has learnt.
The figure is based on estimates of the World Health Organisation as regards the total amount of funds that Africa would need to pursue a vaccination drive.
According to the WHO, Africa will need at least $9bn (N3.4tn) to procure and distribute 1.4 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Which Covid-19 vaccinations has France reserved?
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Which Covid-19 vaccinations has France reserved?
France is set to roll-out the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccination before the end of the year. What about the other candidates?
18 December 2020
France has reserved a total of nearly 200 million Covid-19 vaccinations from six different companiesBy Connexion journalist
France looks set to begin its vaccination campaign before the end of 2020, with Prime Minister Jean Castex saying this week that the first phase will commence “from the last week of December, if conditions allow it”.
Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Margot Sanger-Katz and Noah Weiland, The New York Times Published: 19 Dec 2020 10:45 PM BdST Updated: 19 Dec 2020 10:45 PM BdST A health care worker makes a selfie while receiving a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Michael A. McCoy/The New York Times)
The European Union appears to have paid less than the United States for some of the coronavirus vaccines it secured, according to confidential pricing data that was released in a seeming blunder. ); }
A Belgian government minister released, then quickly deleted, a Twitter post late Thursday containing prices that the EU has negotiated to pay pharmaceutical companies for coronavirus vaccines.
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A politician tweeted a list showing how much the EU has agreed to pay for the leading vaccines, confirming rumors of Moderna s sky-high price
A politician tweeted a list showing how much the EU has agreed to pay for the leading vaccines, confirming rumors of Moderna s sky-high price
Bill BostockDec 19, 2020, 16:20 IST
Belgian State Secretary for Budget Eva De Bleeker seen in Brussels on November 6, 2020.THIERRY ROGE/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images
A Belgian politician on Friday tweeted a list showing how much the EU has agreed to pay major drugmakers for doses their vaccines.
Eva De Bleeker, Belgium s Budget State Secretary, was criticized for breaching confidentiality, and said it was a mistake on the part of the communications team.