The National Agency for Food Drug and Administration Control (NAFDAC), has alerted Nigerians of the circulation of fake coronavirus vaccines in the country, where 10 million real doses of the shots are expected in March.
“There are reports of fake vaccines in Nigeria,” the NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye said during a virtual press conference on Friday.
“NAFDAC is pleading with the public to beware. No Covid Vaccines have been approved by NAFDAC.
“Fake vaccines can cause Covid-like illnesses or other serious diseases that could kill”, she warned.
Channels Television had reported Nigeria’s anticipated vaccines add to 100,000 expected doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine although it wasn’t specified which type of jab would be used for the 10 million doses arriving in March.
It was also unclear whether the batch would be financed by the African Union (AU) or as part of COVAX, which links the World Health Organization (WHO) with private partners to work for pooled procurement and equitable distribution.