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Nigeria Destroys Over 1 Million Doses Of Expired COVID-19 Vaccine [Photos]

Nigeria destroyed over a million COVID-19 Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines after they have passed the expiry date.

Nigerian Government has destroyed one million, sixty-six thousand, two hundred and fourteen (1,066,214) doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Gosa Dumping site, about 2Km away from Idu Railway Station in Abuja.

Nigeria Destroys Over 1 Million Doses Of Expired COVID-19 Vaccine [Photos]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) destroyed the vaccines on Wednesday, December 22.

The destroyed vaccines which got expired in November, are part of the 2,594,100 doses of vaccines received on the 11th and 29th October of 2021.

One million, five hundred and twenty-seven thousand, eight hundred and Eighty-six of the vaccines (1,527,886) were said to have been utilised.

Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said the decision to destroy the vaccine followed several testing processes that were conducted, adding that it was necessary to protect Nigerians from being harmed.

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Executive Secretary of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib on his own part said the vaccines came with a short life span, some as short as 2 weeks to expiration.

Describing the situation as unfortunate, Faisal further stated that while Nigeria appreciates the gesture of the donors, it was not in the interest of the country that vaccines with a short lifespan are sent to it.

Dr. Faisal also announced that only about 10 million Nigerians have been vaccinated against COVID-19. He also expressed optimism that Nigeria will be able to meet its target of vaccinating 110 million Nigerians.

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Nigeria Destroys Over 1 Million Doses Of Expired COVID-19 Vaccine [Photos]

Nigeria Destroys Over 1 Million Doses Of Expired COVID-19 Vaccine [Photos] Nigeria Destroys Over 1 Million Doses Of Expired COVID-19 Vaccine [Photos] Nigeria Destroys Over 1 Million Doses Of Expired COVID-19 Vaccine [Photos]

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