The Executive Director,National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, led the destruction at Gosa Dumpsite, about 2km from the Idu Railway Station, Abuja.

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“We withdrew about 1,066,214, doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines from across the country,” he said

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that Nigeria joined other African countries, like Malawi, South Sudan, Liberia, Mauritania, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Comoros, and the Democratic Republic of Congo in destroying the expired COVID-19 vaccines.

“As you can see these vaccines have now been deposited by the Abuja Environmental Protection Agency.
However, he expressed optimism that Nigeria will be able to meet its target of vaccinating 110 million Nigerians.

Meanwhile, as the country struggles to scale up the speed of vaccination in the wake of a 4th wave of the virus, the infection rate appears to be witnessing a spike.

On Tuesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 2,123 new COVID-19 infections – the highest daily case tally in the country since January 27, 2021.