16 Jul COVID-19 Update: NAFDAC approves Moderna, Spuntinik vaccines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the approval of Moderna, AstraZeneca and conditional approval of Sputnik V from Russia for emergency use.
Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the agency’s vaccine committee has been assessing several vaccines despite the fact the vaccines have been approved by stringent regulatory countries or have received World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL).
Adeyeye stressed that a COVID-19 vaccine that has gone through the prior approval from either of these two sources had gone through quality, safety and efficacy evaluation which is a prerequisite for acceptance by COVAX facility.
She added that most regulatory agencies across the world use this mechanism to expedite their own regulatory approval to import and administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Nigeria Caseload: On Thursday, Nigeria reported 159 new cases and one death. The new cases include 119 from Lagos State, which data was not included in Wednesday’s total. There are now 169074 confirmed cases, with 164662 recoveries and 2126 deaths.
According to the NCDC the 159 new cases were reported from 8 states as follows: Lagos (119), Akwa Ibom (19), Rivers (11), Ogun (5), Ekiti (2),FCT (1), Delta (1), and Kwara (1)
Reports say 5 staff member and 34 students of the University of Lagos, Akoka, have tested positive.
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