Two COVID-19 vaccines under trial have more than 90 per cent efficacy to end the virus, the Federal Government said on Tuesday.
With the development, the Government expressed confidence that COVID-19 would soon be history in the country.
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, stated this in Abuja during an event to commemorate the 2020 World AIDS Day with the theme, ‘Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility.’
Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation urged Nigerians to take necessary precautions to avoid being infected with the coronavirus.
“As Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, we have consciously taken steps to ensure that as a country our citizens do the needful to avoid being infected or infecting others with COVID-19 and with two vaccines under trial potentially having more than 90 per cent efficacy, I believe that ultimately there will be light at the end of the tunnel,” Mustapha said.
He added, “drawing from this, it is also very apt that Nigeria has chosen a theme: “United to end AIDS in the midst of COVID – 19: Get tested.
“Nigeria as a country aligned fully with the global solidarity and shared responsibility, which requires us to view global health responses, including the AIDS response, in a new way.”
InsideOjodu had earlier reported that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night confirmed 281 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total infection to 67,838.