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by Tushar Gupta - Apr 29, 2021 01:04 PM
Covid-19 Vaccination Drive
Snapshot
Itâs about vaccines today, it will be about 5G and artificial intelligence tomorrow, and it will be about a $5 trillion economy in the future.
All these pursuits are incomplete without private sector participation. Itâs time to stop hating âMade and Make in Indiaâ.
India is a country that witnessed an escalation in the manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) from an absolute zero to a daily average of 150,000 in May last year, at the peak of a nationwide lockdown.
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the public to be wary of using the fake COVID-19 vaccines circulating in Nigeria, saying they can cause COVID-like illnesses and other serious diseases that could kill.
Director General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who raised the alarm, also warned government establishments and agencies, as well as private companies and big corporation, against ordering the vaccines without its approval, noting that COVID-19 vaccines are new and the side effects or adverse events must be well monitored; hence should not be used by the public.
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday said it has reports of the importation of fake COVID-19 vaccines into Nigeria.
Addressing a virtual press conference, the Director General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye pleaded with Nigerians to avoid the fake vaccines, saying, “they can cause Covid-like illnesses or other serious diseases that could kill.”
She said the agency had not received any application from Covid vaccine manufacturers yet and therefore no vaccines had been approved by NAFDAC.
“Covid-19 vaccines are new, and the side effects or adverse effects must be well monitored, therefore, if NAFDAC does not approve, the public should not use,” the NAFDAC boss said.