France donates 501,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Nigeria

Nigeria on Friday received 501,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the French government.

The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, who received the vaccines at the National Strategic Cold Store in Abuja, said Nigeria was among the African countries to receive vaccines from the French government.

He added that the vaccine was brought to Nigeria through the COVAX facility.

Shuaib said the donation of over 500, 000 doses of to Nigeria was a demonstration of France’s confidence in Nigeria’s capacity to end the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NPHCDA chief said Nigeria’s vaccine storage facilities have remained efficient and well maintained, adding that no standards are compromised in logistics requirements for effective management and utilisation of all COVID-19 vaccines available in the country.