The United States has allocated 55 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria and 30 other priority countries as part of plans to end the pandemic.
The Joe Biden administration had earlier promised to distribute 80 million doses from the US supply, with 25 million doses already allocated.
The allocation plan for the 55 million doses includes 41 million to be shared through COVAX, the global vaccine alliance; about 14 million of the vaccine doses will go to selected countries in Latin American and the Caribbean, 16 million in Asia, and 10 million in Africa.
Also 41 million doses will be shared to “regional priorities and other recipients” including Nigeria and about 30 other countries.
Five of those are South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Cape Verde and Egypt.