The statement quoted Okonjo-Iweala as disclosing this after a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja.
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“As long as one person has it in the world, no one is safe. And that is why poorer countries, lower-middle-income countries like Nigeria, need to get it as quickly as possible,” she was quoted as saying.
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Okonjo-Iweala is currently the African Union Special Envoy on mobilising international economic support for the continental fight against COVID-19 and Nigeria’s candidate for the Office of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
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She disclosed that the international initiative involved the World Health Organisation, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, GAVI, and the international community, to get vaccines delivered to developing and poorer countries, in an affordable manner and quickly.
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According to her, the Pfizer vaccine and the AstraZeneca were presently being negotiated so that poor countries don’t have to stand in a queue behind rich countries.
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The former finance minister described Africans as blessed, for not having the same incidence rate of COVID-19 as other continents, but warned African nations against complacency.
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Okonjo-Iweala recalled that a platform called the COVAX facility had been developed with 186 countries on board, saying that the side interested in serving the poor countries had 92 countries, for which resources have been raised to try and get the vaccines to them quickly.
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“So, the Pfizer vaccine, the AstraZeneca, those are being negotiated now so that poor countries don’t have to stand in line behind rich countries.
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Let them keep their vaccines oo.. All other incurable diseases are there yet no cure and in 1 year covid19 suddenly gets a vaccine.. Very suspicious
ReplyDeletelol, jokers, UK government and other western governments have said places like Africa will have to wait for the vaccine because they will make sure all their people are vaccinated first before they start making it available to other countries.
DeleteSo Africans keep waiting and decieving yourselves that you will get the vaccine next month, when they can't even give all their own people the vaccine by January 2021.
Africa contributed absolutely nothing to the development of Covid 19 vaccine, their people and goverment made absolutely no sacrifice to the development of the vaccine. Now when all the hardwork is done by others, Africa is now demanding the vaccine to be given to them even ahead of their own people.
Dream on, if they want to take over Africa the way some idiots keep saying online, all they need to do is stop making medicines for Africa and stop sendning their medicines and vaccines to Africa.
You say they should keep their vaccines, trust me you don't want that to happen.
OK Ma
Delete@ 14.08, don't mind this our mentally lazy and docile people, bunch of laggards.
DeleteAre there no scientists in Nigeria? See them shamelessly waiting for the vaccine to get to them, awon dreamers.
We don't want oo... The way they quickly developed the vaccine is very suspicious.. HIV/AIDS..MENIGITIS IS THERE.. EBOLA IS THERE. THEY NEVER GET VACCINES AND YET IN 1 YEAR COVID19 SUDDENLY GETS A VACCINES..
ReplyDeleteHIV/AIDS, Meningitis and Ebola is not the western worlds problem. It is an African problem, instead of Africans to look for a vaccine to cure themselves as usual they are waiting for the white man to come uo with the solution while African leaders do nothing to help their people but just sit back embezzle money and ball their lives away.
DeleteAll the other vaccines and medicines in the world that is used today even by you, how many were developed by Africans. You keep insulting them but tey are the ones that are actually keeping fricans alive simply because they are massive humanitarians, something Africa has no clue about and cannot practice. Its time to stop sounding ugrateful!
Good news.
ReplyDeleteThat's good news
ReplyDeleteThank God for the oyinbo man who keeps carrying them along, otherwise they would have all been wiped out by now. Sigh!
ReplyDeleteYou can say that again, their forte is corruption, have many wives and concubine and acquire useless properties, greedy lots.
DeleteCovid 19 vaccine is the last thing we need in this country.
ReplyDeleteWhat we really need is good governance,transparency,accountability,peace and progress!
Hmmmm😚
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