Nigeria may not get COVID-19 vaccine –Physician
Tessy Igomu
As Nigeria awaits the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, a public health physician, Dr. Tuyi Mebawondu, says the country may not get any of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
According to Mebawondu, over 60 per cent of vaccines produced have already been bought by western countries through advanced purchase agreements that give them automatic access as the vaccines are being produced.
Speaking with
PUNCH Healthwise, the physician said the U.S. is already negotiating another round of 200 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, noting that this might further deprive African countries access.
American political journalism company, Politico, recently reported that the administration of President Joe Biden was poised to buy 200 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine