We have started conversation with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, Sanwo-Olu says

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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Sunday said his government is in touch with Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers.

Lagos State is currently the epicentre of the coronavirus in Nigeria recording over 44,000 confirmed cases in total, the highest in the country, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

“We have started a conversation with some of the vaccine manufacturers,” Sanwo-Olu said during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

“Pfizer for example, I have made contact with them, Johnson and Johnson are not out yet, the Moderna has written to us and we have written back to them.”

According to Sanwo-olu, part of the funding for the purchase of vaccines will be sourced from the private sector.

“The conversations are still at various levels,” he said. “We are speaking with the organised private sector so they can help us raise some of the finance that is required.

“We have our friends in the private sector who are saying to us that they understand this is a public health issue but we also can work with you. The citizens are your citizens but they also are our staff.”

The Lagos State Governor also stated that the state considered vaccinating about 50 to 60 percent of the population in order to achieve herd immunity against the virus.

He said “We don’t have to vaccinate the 20 or 22 million population that we have.

“The plan is to ensure that there is herd immunity and that typically demands about 50 to 60 percent of your population.”

360 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Lagos state on Sunday, according to the NCDC with a total of 8,117 on admission and 292 deaths since the novel case early last year..

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