Virologists and other medical experts advised that 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine the country is anticipating may become unusable, if proper provisions are not made for their transportation and storage.
The experts, including the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria, Dr Patrick Dakum; a medical virologist, Dr Oladipo Kolawole, and a professor of Virology at the University of Ibadan, David Olaleye, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, recommended government to certify proper storage and transportation of the vaccine to accomplish its desired result.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Prof Babatunde Salako, said there was no enough space to store the vaccine at the moment.
He also said another major challenge would be how to convey the vaccine at the temperature of -70 degree centigrade to rural areas.
According to him, in future Nigeria may need to buy other types of vaccines that do not require low temperature as Pfizer.
