Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday that the South African government will be the sole buyer of the vaccines for the country
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The government stated that the long-awaited vaccines against the virus might not be arriving as soon as the people may have been expecting.
Based on the two-dose requirement for each of the 164.8 million Nigerians, it means the country will need $6.43bn or N2.44tn (using CBN official exchange rate of N379/$1) to procure the vaccine for them.
The country’s Head of State President Wavel Ramkalawan said he will lead by example and take the vaccine first in Seychelles 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, after which health professionals will take the vaccine.
The rollout of vaccines would be done in three phases
The North African country had signed a “mutual agreement with a Russian laboratory for the acquisition of the coronavirus vaccine
The Democratic Republic of Congo has imposed an eight-hour curfew following a surge in new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Jolino Makelele, DR Congo’s Minister of Communication and…
Kenya has ordered 24 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, enough to cover 20% of the country’s population, according to local media reports. The reports, which cited…
In the next two to three years, the African Union is targeting the vaccination of 60% of Africa’s population, against COVID-19. This was revealed on Thursday…