Description : Nigeria received 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII). The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine is cheap – costs less than two bottles of beer – easy to make and store, and it's known to be the most suitable for developing countries like Nigeria. The vaccine arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, through a joint effort with the CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. The delivery, which came from Mumbai to Abuja, is part of a first of supplies, which will continue in coming days and weeks. The COVAX Facility is expected to deliver around 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the African Region in the first quarter of 2021 and has committed to providing up to 600 million doses to the region by end-2021 to cover 20 per cent of the population.