The Federal Government says it is working with global health and research organisations who are developing COVID -19 vaccines .
The Minister of Health, Dr . Osagie Ehanire, made this known in Abuja on Thursday during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID – 19 .
He also said Nigeria was planning with the organisations for the allocation of 2 billion vaccine doses as soon as they are available .
Ehanire said , “ Nigeria is also working with the World Health Organisation to finalise enrolment with the ACT – Access To COVID -19 Tools Accelerator , a global mechanism tracking and sponsoring global organisations working on COVID -19 vaccine development .
“ We also have interest in the COVAX Facility , which is a Gavi-supported initiative to procure and assure equitable access to vaccines as soon as they are available , especially for lower -income countries .
This will prioritise Nigeria for an allocation of a part of 2 billion vaccine doses that will be secured in a special plan to protect the interest of poorer countries .”
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, as of Wednesday night, the country has recorded over 50 ,000 COVID -19 infections and about 1 ,000 associated fatalities .
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