Nigerian Government said that it would receive 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in March.
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, reportedly disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
He said the vaccines added to 100,000 expected doses of Pfizer vaccine.
The statement, however, did not specify which type of vaccine would be used for the 10 million doses.
It was also not clear whether the batch would be financed by the African Union or as part of COVAX, which links the World Health Organization with private partners to work for pooled procurement and equitable distribution.
Nigeria, with about 200 million population, and the most populous on African continental, has officially reported some 104,000 COVID-19 cases. Of the number, 1,382 had been fatal.
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