Germany has donated a total of 5,164,643 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria over the past seven weeks. The most recent badge arrived in Nigeria on 29 November 2021, containing 2.240.243 doses of Johnson&Johnson vaccines.
German Ambassador to Nigeria, Birgitt Ory: “Nobody is safe until everybody is safe. We
must continue to work together to ensure access to vaccines. Therefore, Germany is a
strong supporter of COVAX as well as the co-founder and second largest donor of the Access
to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT Accelerator).”
According to a statement by Bernt-Michael Gelpke, First Secretary for Press Affair at the German Embassy, Abuja, “the German Government is working to ensure the fair and efficient distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. Germany will pass on 100 million doses, primarily to developing
countries, the majority of which will be distributed through the COVAX vaccine platform.
“The pandemic can only be overcome if it is brought under control all over the world.
Germany therefore opted at an early stage to focus on finding joint responses to the
pandemic in a spirit of solidarity. Germany co-founded the Access to COVID-19 Tools
Accelerator (ACT Accelerator) last year. ACT-A promotes equitable access for all to vaccines,
therapeutics and diagnostics and aims to strengthen health systems throughout the world.”
In addition to donating vaccines, the statement added that Germany is the second largest donor to the ACT Accelerator at present and has provided 2.2 billion Euro to date. Most of this support is
going to the international vaccine platform COVAX.
