At last, the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccines are now in the country and President Muhammadu Buhari and other top leaders are expected to be vaccinated publicly on Saturday.
But there are still questions regarding the state of the health sector. For instance, on the lips of most Nigerians are: What would Nigeria have done without the free donation of vaccines by the COVAX facility? Nigeria took delivery of COVID-19 vaccines made in India. What does that say of Nigeria’s health sector and capacity to play in global health platforms? If India, which used to be at the same level as Nigeria could put its act together to produce vaccines in a few months, why not Nigeria?
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Oxford vaccine pioneer proud as first Covax jabs administered and campaign goes global
Côte d Ivoire and Ghana race each other to get the first injections into arms in West Africa
By
Paul Nuki,
Global Health Security Editor,
Abidjan, Côte d Ivoire
1 March 2021 • 12:35pm
The first 0.5 millilitre shot of the Oxford AstraZeneca jab went into the arm of Secrétaire général de la présidence, Patrick Achi
Credit: Paul Nuki
The first Covax vaccines were administered to government ministers and essential workers in Côte d Ivoire and Ghana in West Africa this morning, formally signalling the long awaited start of the global vaccine programme against Covid-19.