Nigeria has received fresh 699,760 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) from the United Kingdom.
The vaccines are part of the three million doses of UK-donated vaccines to 11 countries across Africa.
UK had pledged to share 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with COVAX, as part of a broader pledge to share 100 million doses with the rest of the world.
The vaccines donated via the COVAX facility were flown into Abuja on Monday night. The vaccines were unveiled at a cold storage unit near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
The UK had sent 119, 200 doses to Zambia and 51,840 to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on August 13. It also sent 119,040 doses to Malawi on August 14; 140,160 to Senegal on August 15; 299,680 to Egypt on August 16. Uganda is expecting 299,520 doses today.
