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Billionaire Ned Nwoko during a walk to eradicate Malaria in Nigeria, on Saturday said there will be a need to lockdown Nigeria for two days to fumigate the entire Nigeria.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the Ned Nwoko Foundation in active concert with NAWOJ, Anderson Hallow mace, Nollywood and others had a walk in Abuja from 8.30 am through 10.400m tagged: Zero Malaria Draw The Line Against Malaria Walk With Ned.
The Delta born Billionaire explained at the Unity Fountain to journalists that two companies have been commissioned to help fumigate the entire country but there must be a total lockdown for two days.
He said: “We need to be highly hygienic, clean our environments to achieve positive results and for fumigation lockdown is necessary for two days”.
The walk which lasted for over two hours ended at about 10.40am as Nwoko led Nollywood members, NAWOJ, and other groups during the walk in commemoration of Malaria Day.
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Billionaire Ned Nwoko during a walk on Saturday in Abuja proposes a 2-day lockdown to fumigate Nigeria against malaria. Meanwhile, a breakthrough vaccine against malaria is currently being reported. pic.twitter.com/KA53UpuC2u
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Meanwhile, scientists at Britain’s University of Oxford have developed a potential new malaria vaccine known as R21/Matrix-M.
The new malaria vaccine has been proved to be highly effective in a trial conducted on babies in Africa.
TNG reports the scientists were led by Adrian Hill, director of Oxford’s Jenner Institute, who is also one of the lead researchers behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the lead scientist, they now plan to conduct final stage trials in some 4,800 children aged between five months and three years in four African countries.
“It is more effective than anything that has been reported on before. The World Health Organization wanted a 75 percent effective vaccine.
“This is the first time anyone has gone above that level. Really importantly, it can be manufactured at a large scale. So far, the vaccine looks safe,” Hill told Al Jazeera.
Hill said the vaccine can be kept refrigerated and does not require freezing, making it easier to distribute to remote areas.