The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Christianah Adeyeye has raised alarm over fake vaccines in the country as she urged the public to beware of such vaccines.
She disclosed this yesterday during a webinar meeting with journalists, tagged: “Safety of COVID-19 vaccines: What NAFDAC wants the public to know about COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria.”
According to her, there are no vaccines yet approved by its agency and the agency has not received any application from COVID-19 vaccines manufacturers saying that COVID-19 vaccines are new, and the side effects or adverse events must be well monitored.
She stated that NAFDAC has planned to commence tracking and tracing of the vaccines and also to use the traceability with GS1 technology to monitor the vaccine distribution using Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) to prevent fake vaccines from infiltrating the supply chain and to ensure there is no diversion.
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