Multiple posts shared with pictures of an aircraft delivering supplies claim to show the delivery of coronavirus vaccines from China to a Nigerian airport.
The same claim has been made elsewhere on Facebook,\xa0including\xa0here, here, and here., "A reverse image search showed the images were shot by photographer\xa0Xu Zheng for Chinese news agency\xa0Xinhua. According to the caption, they were\xa0taken at Kotoka International Airport in Ghanas capital Accra and not in Nigeria.", “A staff member unloads Chinese medical supplies from an airplane at the Kotota International Airport in Accra, capital of Ghana, April 6, 2020,” the caption reads. It adds that they were\xa0part of aid deliveries to 18 African countries., "“The beneficiary African countries are Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Côte dIvoire, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Benin, Cape Verde, as well as Sao Tome and Principe.”", The World Health Organization (WHO) said in early April “there is no vaccine and no specific antiviral medicine to prevent or treat COVID-2019” at this stage., A global group of scientists, physicians, funders and manufacturers coordinated by WHO have come together as part of an international push to develop a vaccine. As of April 13, 2020, the process was still in progress., Nigerian Health Minister Osagie Ehanire has acknowledged China’s support in the battle against the novel coronavirus in the form of medical supplies and personnel -- not vaccines., Chris Isokponwu, special adviser to the minister, told AFP that items received from the Chinese government in early April consisted of “personal protective equipment and ICT materials to strengthen port health services”., The country has also received 100,000 face masks, 1,000 protective gowns and 20,000 test kits from Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, as AFP reported here., , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
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