The Executive Director of the National Primary Health
Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib disclosed this during a tour of the
National Strategic Cold Store in Abuja.
Nigeria is expected to receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer
COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January.
The Pfizer vaccines must be stored at the ultra-cold
temperature of -70°C.
The NSCS houses three ultra-cold chain equipment.
The three pieces of equipment have a combined capacity of
2,100 litres and operate at a temperature of -85 degrees Celsius, according to
Dr. Shuaib.
Recently the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of
Medical Research (NIMR), Babatunde Salako, in an interview with Punch
Newspaper, said the country does not have enough freezers to store the Pfizer
vaccine.
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