{"id":2077,"date":"2022-02-09T10:16:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T10:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.qiraatafrican.com\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2022-02-09T10:16:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T10:16:42","slug":"nigerian-mps-back-local-vaccine-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2077\/nigerian-mps-back-local-vaccine-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian MPs back local vaccine development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".mo8rhc309g.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62035660000e9e34d25a6000.0.6.0.0:$post_0\">Nigerian MPs have thrown their weight behind the establishment of a local <a href=\"https:\/\/en.qiraatafrican.com\/2021\/10\/28\/rwanda-and-senegal-will-host-africas-first-covid-19-vaccine-plants\/\">vaccine development plant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".mo8rhc309g.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62035660000e9e34d25a6000.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">On Tuesday, the lower house of parliament voted unanimously to allow a bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Centre for Vaccine Research and Development, to be fine-tuned and passed into law.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".mo8rhc309g.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62035660000e9e34d25a6000.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">The centre will be used for research and for the local production of vaccines.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".mo8rhc309g.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62035660000e9e34d25a6000.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">Last year, the government approved 10bn naira ($24m, \u00a317.7m) for development of a Covid-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".mo8rhc309g.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62035660000e9e34d25a6000.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">The health minister explained that vaccines to be produced would also be for other infectious diseases and possible future epidemics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian MPs have thrown their weight behind the establishment of a local vaccine development plant. On Tuesday, the lower house of parliament voted unanimously to allow a bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Centre for Vaccine Research and Development, to be fine-tuned and passed into law. 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