{"id":117458,"date":"2021-04-06T11:56:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T03:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117458"},"modified":"2021-04-06T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T03:56:56","slug":"covid-19-clinical-trials-begin-for-2-vaccines-developed-locally-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117458","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Clinical trials begin for 2 vaccines developed locally in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/africa\/Clinical-trials-begin-for-2-Covid-19-vaccines-developed-in-Nigeria-1224226?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/706\/70651215.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari Receives his first dose of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><em>Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari Receives his first dose of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABUJA, April 6 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; Nigeria has begun clinical trials for the two covid-19 vaccines developed in the country.<br><br>Chairman of the presidential task force on covid-19, Boss Mustapha told reporters that the vaccines will be used after the completion of trials and obtaining of relevant certification.<br><br>The vaccines were developed by Nigerian scientists, and described as a scientific breakthrough which will \u2018\u2019 boost the morale and image of the medical industry in the country\u2019\u2019.<br><br>Mustapha asked all relevant agencies to provide the necessary support for the smooth running of the remaining protocols for the certification of the vaccines.<br><br>So far Africa\u2019s most populous nation has taken delivery of 4 million doses of the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines from the Covax initiative. The country plans to receive 16 million doses.<br><br>Earlier this year, the Federal government announced that it had pumped some $25 million to develop local vaccines to battle the coronavirus.<br><br>As at the time of filing this report, Nigeria has recorded 163,000 coronvarius cases, 152,000 have recovered and some 2,058 covid-19 related deaths have been registered. &#8212; NNN-AFRICANEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari Receives his first dose of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca ABUJA, April 6 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; Nigeria has begun clinical trials for the two covid-19 vaccines developed in the country. Chairman of the presidential task force on covid-19, Boss Mustapha told reporters that the vaccines will be used after the completion of trials and obtaining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":117461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117458"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}