NPHCDA: Nigeria Has Enough Storage Capacity for COVID-19 Vaccines

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325ad241 faisal shuaib NPHCDA: Nigeria Has Enough Storage Capacity for COVID-19 Vaccines

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo

The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib has said that the federal government has developed a comprehensive vaccine deployment plan with adequate storage capacity to the keep covid-19 vaccines.

Shuaib who stated this at the yesterday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja said reports of lack of storage capacity for the vaccine were false.

“We have developed a comprehensive vaccine deployment and vaccination plan for the country. We have also developed an operational manual to roll out the vaccine when it arrives,” he said.

While druming support for the importance of the deployment of vaccines in the campaign against spread of covid-19 in the country, Shuaib said that from available scientific evidence the vaccines being procured by government is have guaranteed efficacy.

“The requirement for the 100,000 doses of the Pfizer…



Source: Thisday Newspaper