Corona Virus (COVID-19) Vaccine: Challenges and Prospects in Nigeria: A Review

Abstract

The emergence of the novel Corona virus disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan city, China, in December, 2019 ushered in changes in the state of events globally. The pandemic has shaken the global health system and economy to their bases. The epidemic of Covid-19 is still ongoing and showing no signs of decreasing trend. An intriguing fact is that in every decade of the 21 st century, there is a new major corona virus epidemic; severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) IN 2002, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) IN 2012 and now Covid-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) categorised Nigeria as one of the thirteen (13) African Countries vulnerable and at