Nigeria's minister of health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that the country may not be able to get some of the new vaccines because of temperature - Osagie revealed that it is important for the country to assess the available vaccines before anyone is adopted - The minister also revealed the temperature nature in the country and how it may be bad for the preservation of some of them.
Nigeria’s minister of health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that the country may be facing a big challenge if it goes for COVID-19 vaccines that must be stored in ultra-cod freezers. Osagie said that the country does not have such a facility and Nigerian may have to raise funds to buy them to preserve the vaccines, Punch reports.
Vice-chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Nigeria, Oyewale Tomori, earlier said that Nigeria may be facing what he called a “humongous problem” when storing the vaccines.
The minister on Wednesday, December 16, made this know during his meeting with journalists shortly after the Federal Executive Council that was headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Nigeria's minister explains what the country would need to preserve new vaccines. Photo source: Punch Source: UGC He went further that it is important to know what vaccines to adopt because of the different temperatures that are required for preservation. He partly said: “We signed up for advanced market participation in COVAX. So, if we will be able to get our own, I think it will be in January. “But there are two types of vaccines. There are those that have to be in ultra-deep freezers - the MRA type of vaccines. That is, the freezer that must give you -80 percent type of degree.” The minister further revealed that the federal government is working on the logistics of the vaccines to eventually go for. He spoke on the need for that as the country’s population is in millions. Enahire added that country’s epileptic power supply and the cold nature in the country will not support some vaccines.

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Storage is not the problem but getting the vaccine should be the top most priority now; the NASS during one of their plenaries last week deliberated on how the vaccine can be procured and the VP some times ago had a fruitful meeting with the Pfizer in one of his virtual meetings where he told them to ensure the vaccine is shared so that people that are most vulnerable are saved so if the NEC and NASS can come together to further set out modalities on how to fast track the vaccine getting to the country while FG focus on rebuilding the economy.

The vaccine should be made available at all cost

Our primary focus should be how to reduce/ stop the spread. Then those infected already can be taken care off. Purchasing the freezer for the vaccine will cost the country alot not to talk about the cost of the vaccine itself. The will affect our economy greatly.

The vaccine should Come quick, we need that now

They should just order for these vaccines asap. We need it