Nageria received largest delivery of COVAX
Nageria received largest delivery of COVAX
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As we all know that Corona made havoc all over the world. Now all countries have handy Vaccines to cure from it. But some countries are get these vaccines from other countries. In this queue African country Nageria is also came. Here nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, the third and largest delivery so far to an African country by the global COVAX initiative, which was created to ensure that low- and middle-income countries have fair access to vaccines.

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Here it is to be noted that COVAX is shipped from India to this place. The COVAX programme shipped 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, from Mumbai to Abuja, according to a joint statement from UNICEF, which is working in partnership with the World Health Organization, GAVI, which is an international vaccine alliance, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

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However, it is to be noted that Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation, with more than 200 million residents, and it recently experienced a surge of COVID-19 cases. As of Tuesday the West African nation has recorded a cumulative total of 156,017 cases, including 1,915 deaths. Tuesday's delivery is part of a first wave of vaccines arriving in Nigeria that will continue in the coming days and weeks. Nigeria is among 92 countries worldwide that will receive vaccines for free through the COVAX initiative. Another 90 countries and eight territories have agreed to pay for doses.

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