Tag: COVID-19 remedies
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Buhari, Nigeria’s healthcare and COVID remedies (7), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon As more vaccines are being approved for use against COVID-19, a couple of factors compels the “urgent need” for Nigeria to have the capabilities to develop and manufacture vaccines. One: The potential for “vaccine owners” to withhold doses from poor and developing countries, in the face of more rapid spread of the…
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Buhari, Nigeria’s healthcare and COVID remedies (3), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Heartwarming as government’s revelation of production of two candidate vaccines is, Nigeria, with even availability of the needed funds, cannot conduct clinical trials, much less produce COVID-19 vaccines or any vaccines, in the country. The “why” isn’t far-fetched: Absence of or inadequate infrastructure and equipment for such ventures. This might be the…