{"id":26147,"date":"2020-08-04T13:46:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26147"},"modified":"2020-08-04T13:46:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:46:52","slug":"plans-in-place-to-ensure-nigerians-have-access-covid-19-vaccines-when-available-ncdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26147","title":{"rendered":"Plans in place to ensure Nigerians have access COVID-19 vaccines when available \u2013NCDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has stated that it has put plans in place to ensure that Nigerians have access to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines when they are eventually made available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was revealed on Monday by the Director-General of NCDC<\/a>, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Dr Ihekweazu, the development of a vaccine against COVID-19 by the global scientific community showed that results on a possible vaccine were expected in the fourth quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cTo do this, we have to build capacity, gather sufficient data and include African institutions in these efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have to start preparing the Nigerian population for vaccine delivery when it becomes available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccess is a very key issue when it comes to vaccines; that a vaccine is developed does not necessarily translate to being available to those that need it the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the World Health Organisation (WHO)<\/a> is working with GAVI to ensure that vaccines are available to countries regardless of their ability to pay,\u201d Dr Ihekweazu added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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