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Coronavirus pandemic: Nigerian scientists claim to have discovered the vaccine
By Halligan Agade -
2 hours ago
A team of Nigerian scientists has announced the discovery of a preventive vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic, this is according to the local media reports.
“It is our passion to be a solution provider to such a global pandemic, and we are ready to throw our weights behind the team and make the vaccine a reality,” news website Leadership quoted the leader of the COVID-19 Research Group, Dr. Oladipo Kolawole.
“The vaccine is real. We have validated it several times. It is targeted at Africans, but will also work for other races. It will work. It cannot be faked. This is a result of the determination. It took a lot of scientific efforts,” Kolawole told reporters at Adeleke University in Nigeria’s Eda state Friday.
“The population of those that need vaccines is more than those that need drugs. That is why the research focused on a vaccine,” he noted.
The study that the vaccine was based on was initially funded by the Trinity Immunodeficient Laboratory and Helix Biogen Consult, Ogbomosho, with roughly 7.8 million Nigerian nairas ($20,000), according to the report.
Kolawole went on to say that his team had worked extensively on the virus’s genome from samples across Africa to select the best potential vaccine candidates...
Coronavirus pandemic: Nigerian scientists claim to have discovered the vaccine
By Halligan Agade -
2 hours ago
A team of Nigerian scientists has announced the discovery of a preventive vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic, this is according to the local media reports.
“It is our passion to be a solution provider to such a global pandemic, and we are ready to throw our weights behind the team and make the vaccine a reality,” news website Leadership quoted the leader of the COVID-19 Research Group, Dr. Oladipo Kolawole.
“The vaccine is real. We have validated it several times. It is targeted at Africans, but will also work for other races. It will work. It cannot be faked. This is a result of the determination. It took a lot of scientific efforts,” Kolawole told reporters at Adeleke University in Nigeria’s Eda state Friday.
“The population of those that need vaccines is more than those that need drugs. That is why the research focused on a vaccine,” he noted.
The study that the vaccine was based on was initially funded by the Trinity Immunodeficient Laboratory and Helix Biogen Consult, Ogbomosho, with roughly 7.8 million Nigerian nairas ($20,000), according to the report.
Kolawole went on to say that his team had worked extensively on the virus’s genome from samples across Africa to select the best potential vaccine candidates...