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Nigeria Plans to Approve Covid-19 Vaccine Early Next Year

Africa’s most-populous nation expects doses from Covax program
Regulator is ready to speed up licensing of proven shots

A patient undergoes testing at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria. — A patient undergoes testing at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Photographer: Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images

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December 10, 2020, 2:58 PM UTCUpdated onDecember 11, 2020, 9:37 AM UTC

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Nigeria expects to license by April one of the vaccines under development globally for Covid-19, the West African nation’s drugs regulator said.