BREAKING: WHO to begin testing COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria

The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to begin the testing of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria.

This was confirmed by the Country Representative of the WHO, Fiona Braka, while speaking during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday.

 “The solidarity trial is a large multi-country effort that is going on across several countries globally. We are picking up on that trial in Nigeria. Some states have started while some are yet to start.

“These are not new drugs that we are trying but drugs that we already have available but are simply being repurposed for the intention of determining their effect on Coronavirus. We will keep you updated on what the timeline for the vaccine will look like. But we are still early in the process in collection of the data,” Braka said.

Nigeria now has over 6,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country.

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