The National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control ( NAFDAC)
has approved a vaccine for use in the
treatment and prevention of
coronavirus in Nigeria.
The Oxford / AstraZeneca COVID - 19
vaccine has now been approved for use
in Nigeria.
The Director - General of NAFDAC, Dr.
Mojisola Adeyeye made the
announcement during a live briefing on
Thursday .
NAFDAC DG , Dr. Mojisola Adeyeye
briefs journalists on the use of
AstraZeneca Vaccine in Nigeria
She said that the vaccine can be stored
at 2 to 8 - degree centigrade .
According to the DG , there are three
additional vaccines undergoing
evaluation , but the evaluation on
Astrazeneca shows that the vaccine is
effective against the UK variant of the
virus which has been reported in
Nigeria .
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Dr Adeyeye disclosed that the South
African variant has not been reported in
Nigeria , adding that the agency has over
30 herbal medicine undergoing review
for listing .
The vaccine was recently approved by
the W . H . O for emergency use, in a
press briefing , NAFDAC says it got the
dossier of the vaccine a week ago , and
the NAFDAC safety committee went to
work immediately to evaluate its safety
and efficacy for Nigerians .
The Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine, also
known as ChAdOx 1 nCoV- 19 , or
AZD 1222, is a viral vector vaccine.
Scientists used an adenovirus , originally
derived from chimpanzees , and
modified it with the aim of training the
immune system to mount a strong
response against SARS - CoV - 2 ( the
virus that causes COVID - 19 ) .
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