Thread by @obasaolorunfemi, #Nigeria’s nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine was acquired via [...]

#Nigeria’s nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine was acquired via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. https://twitter.com/obasaolorunfemi/status/1375950798132277254

https://twitter.com/obasaolorunfemi/status/1375950798132277254

The Nigerian vaccines against COVID-19, developed by the @acegid are yet to hit the market, in a part delayed by funding so we dont know how much it would cost. (It is not clear if there is an updated on this yet). https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2020/10/nigerian-researchers-seek-funding-to-move-africa-centric-covid-19-vaccine-to-human-trials/

Nigerian researchers seek funding to move Africa-centric COVID-19 vaccine to human trials -...

Though researchers in Nigeria have developed a DNA-based vaccine against COVID-19 specifically for Africa, they are struggling to find funding to take it to human trials. The vaccine was developed...

https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2020/10/nigerian-researchers-seek-funding-to-move-africa-centric-covid-19-vaccine-to-human-trials/

At 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine (developed in the UK by @UniofOxford), Nigeria’s vaccine bill currently stands at about $24m.

#Nigeria might be getting J&J afterall.

Following J&J’s history of denial and eventually judgement of flawed testing process of Talc powder causing ovarian cancer in women, they need to do more to prove their vaccines are safe.

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44816805 https://twitter.com/THISDAYLIVE/status/1376773014239461378

A side-note: https://twitter.com/obasaolorunfemi/status/1344425277628289028?s=20