US begins COVID-19 shipment to Nigeria, South Africa

The United States government has announced that it will ship nearly 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to two of the most populous African countries – Nigeria and South Africa on Wednesday as the continent battles the third wave of infections, though delivery dates were not specified.

Recall the US President, Joe Biden, promised to donate 80 million vaccines to Africa with another promise of 500 million vaccines to low-income and middle-income countries. The Minister of health, Osagie Ehanire, during a press briefing, had also disclosed that Nigeria was expecting no fewer than 41 million vaccines before the end of 2021 while others will be coming in 2022 to enable the country to vaccinate at least 70 per cent of the entire population.on Wednesday morning, however, stated that out of the 10 million vaccine doses to be shipped, four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will go to Nigeria and 5.

The South Africa shipment is the single largest sent by the United States since it began sending vaccine shots overseas, one of the officials said. The latest shipments bring the total number of US vaccine doses sent to Africa to 16.4 million.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE WHEN WE HAVE OUR OWN TREATMENT AND CURE TO covid19 and e.t.c.....

I pray nigeria government don’t sell theirs to other country and pocket the money …. I’m tired of this country …

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