President Muhammadu Buhari has told the European Union (EU)
that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been considerate on Nigerians with a
low infection rate.
Speaking at the EUAU Summit in Brussels, Buhari appreciated
the EU for its donation of vaccines to Nigeria, and the level of work being
done to combat the pandemic.
“Nigeria is very grateful, COVID-19 has been more or less
considerate on Nigeria. The figures of those infected are quite low,” he said.
“We express our gratitude to the presidents of Europe and
France especially for giving us a lot of the COVID vaccines.”
Buhari said his government has been trying “very hard to
make sure that we have the storage so they don’t get expired quickly as a
result of the heat of the weather there”.
“We try to make those logistics available and we are
mobilising our health workers to make sure that the rural areas that are far
and wide are reached. And we are very grateful that the amount of work being
done. Thank you very much for your contribution.”
Earlier, Tedros
Ghebreyesu, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), had
named Nigeria as one of six African countries to receive the technology to
produce its own mRNA vaccines.
The DG said he expect the benefits of the technology transfer to extend far beyond COVID-19, by creating a platform for vaccines against other diseases including malaria, tuberculosis, and even cancer.
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