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COVID-19: PTF to focus on vaccine procurement in Q1 2021

December 29, 2020

The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 will focus on vaccine procurement in the first quarter of 2021.

Mamora said this at the PTF national briefing on Tuesday in Abuja.

back link building services=0></a></div><p>The minister said that the COVID-19 vaccine would be purchased from any available point of sale or country and would be subjected to the National Agency For Food and Drugs Administration and Control regulation.</p><h2>READ ALSO:<span><a href=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/breaking-osun-reverses-directives-cancelling-cross-over-new-year-religious-service/ >Breaking: Osun reverses directives cancelling cross-over, New Year religious service</a></span><br/></h2><p>According to Mamora, the total number of samples of people tested for COVID-19 in the country is 937,712, the number of confirmed cases, 84,811, active cases, 12,190, discharged till date, 71,357 and number of deaths till date, stands at 1,264.</p><p>He said that the case fatality equals 1.49 percent.</p><p>Speaking on the case management strengthening activities in the country, Mamora said that the fatality rate at 1.49 percent in spite of the increasing number of active cases and morbidity were evidence of scaled up activity and quality of care at the isolation centres.</p><div class='code-block code-block-5' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'> <a href=https://www.adhang.com/guest-posting-services/ ><img class=lazy src=

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