The Federal Government has received another 100,000 doses of the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine promised by the Government of India.
The 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccine is a product of the Serum Institute of India.
The delivery comes months after India expressed willingness to supply COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria.
A statement by High Commission of India in Nigeria, Tuesday evening, said the consignment was delivered to the country through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA.
The statement read in full: “These 100,000 doses of vaccines, manufactured at the Serum Institute of India, Pune, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturing facility, arrived at the Abuja airport from Mumbai via Addis Ababa on 26 March 2021 at 1200 hrs.
“The consignment was delivered to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) by the High Commission of India.
“The Covishield vaccine manufactured at the Serum Institute of India is the first COVID-19 vaccine approved by NAFDAC, Nigeria.
”Its first lot of 3.92 million doses of vaccines under COVAX had reached Nigeria on 2 March 2021.
It will be recalled that In January, as India began preparations to roll out its vaccines, Abhay Thakur, Indian high commissioner to Nigeria at the time, had said his country would be “very happy” to supply its COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria.
Vaccination is ongoing across the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
