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Vaccination remains essential to reduce the total number of Covid-19 cases. The head of the WHO Tedros Ghebreyesus has warned against wealthy countries giving booster jabs at the expense of initial shots in poorer countries, but even when vaccines are available, the challenge is getting them to where they're needed. The Nigerian authorities have disclosed that they destroyed a million expired vaccine doses which health officials say had not been delivered from the donor countries in time to be given out.

The 大象传媒's Chris Ewokoreports from Abuja. He says that despite Nigeria recording a 500 percent increase in infections in the last two weeks, the country has been struggling with the vaccination programme for its population of 200m. Just 4 percent of the population have been vaccinated so far. As well as the late delivery of the vaccines, getting the vaccines out to remote communities is a challenge, as well as a mistrust of the government because of failed political promises, which has led to widespread suspicion in the existence of the pandemic.

Photo: Vials of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Gosa dump site in Abuja, Nigeria December 22, 2021 Credit: Reuters