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The United States of America has donated over 3.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the country.
The shipment arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport yesterday in Abuja.
A statement by U.S. Embassy said the U.S. Mission in Nigeria is pleased to announce the arrival of 3,577,860 doses of Pfizer vaccine for the public health and benefit of the Nigerian people through COVAX.
According to the statement the shipment will bring the total number of U.S.-bilaterally donated doses to Nigeria to over 7.5 million, noting that the U.S. also contributed to the first multilateral donation of AstraZeneca vaccine in March 2021, which brings the overall COVAX provided to Nigeria to over 10 million doses.
