The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, says it has pre-ordered two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines, from global manufacturers for Nigeria alone.
Communications Specialist with the UNICEF, Geoffrey Njoku, disclosed this at a conference on Health Journalism and Ethical Considerations, in Goshen, Nasarawa State, North Central Nigeria.
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UNICEF said, the reason for the request of such amount of doses, was to ensure every Nigerian has access to the COVID-19 vaccine, when it is satisfied usable.
The UNICEF representative, who however said, about sixty percent of Nigerians still do not believe in the existence of COVID-19, therefore, noted that, Nigeria has a lot of work to do, in convincing the public on the safety of the vaccine, when approved for roll out.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
