By Chioma Obinna
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday approved the use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria.
This is coming a few months after it gave authorisation for the use of the Oxford-Astrazeneca jabs in the country.
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Announcing this at a press conference in Lagos, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, explained that the Pfizer-BioTech vaccine was for emergency use only.
She added that the vaccine can now be stored between -15oC to -25oC equivalent to freezer temperature.
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