The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI), Vom has the capacity to produce sufficient COVID-19 vaccines for local and international needs.
The minister disclosed this during a one-day working visit to the institution, in Jos South LGA of the state.
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He said, “We know Vom very well because it has been very famous for the production of animal vaccines for a very long time.
“This is the reason why I and the minister of agriculture are here to explore the possibility of moving fast because as you just heard, WHO picked us as one of the countries to get methodology for the mRNA platform.
“The mNRA platform is something that is important and it is going to have a lot of potentials to use, not only for COVID-19 but other antigens and they are already talking about the possibility of it working on malaria, TB vaccines, and other tropical diseases.
“NVRI is well-positioned for Human COVID-19 vaccine production,” he added.
The Chief Executive Officer of NVRI, Dr. Maryam Muhammad, said the institute has been a solution provider with decades of history in vaccine research, development and production.
