Connect with us

News

Nigeria destroys over one million doses of expired COVID-19 vaccines

Published

on

Nigeria on Wednesday destroyed 1,066,214 doses of expired AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in Abuja.

The exercise was carried out by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), and the Abuja Environmental Protection Agency (AEPA) at the Gosa Dumping Site in Abuja.

READ ALSO: WHO approves 9th COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

The batch was said to be part of the 2,594,100 vaccine doses received in October of which only 1,527,886 were administered to Nigerians.

The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who addressed journalists at the scene, said the decision to destroy the vaccine followed several testing processes conducted by the agency.

The NPHCDA had announced earlier this month it would destroy the expired COVID-19 vaccines after they had been pulled from circulation.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now