The Oxford/AstraZeneca
COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Nigeria.
The vaccine was recently approved by the W.H.O for emergency
use, in a press briefing, NAFDAC says it got the dossier of the vaccine a week
ago, and the NAFDAC safety committee went to work immediately to evaluate its
safety and efficacy for Nigerians.
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, also known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19,
or AZD1222, is a viral vector vaccine. Scientists used an adenovirus,
originally derived from chimpanzees, and modified it with the aim of training
the immune system to mount a strong response against SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that
causes COVID-19).
Source: channelstv.com
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