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Nigeria seeks vaccines less dependent on cooling facilities

Nigeria seeks vaccines less dependent on cooling facilities

NIGERIA will seek to procure vaccines that are less dependent on cooling facilities, the head of the country's primary healthcare agency has said, adding that talks were in progress with Russia and India to procure such vaccines. Africa's most populous country, where officials recorded low coronavirus numbers through much of 2020, is in its second wave of infections and has seen cases surge in recent weeks. Nigerian health authorities have said the country is working with the COVAX programme backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to provide vaccines to poorer countries. Faisal Shuaib, who heads the National…
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