The pharmaceutical giant expects to begin a process for country and site selection soon.
According to the health authority, there is evidence of an increased risk of side effects such as inflammation of the cardiac muscle or the heart sac.
Mr Sanwo-Olu said of the 601,000 doses promised Lagos by the federal government, only about 299,000 had been received on August 18.
Lai Mohammed has described his compatriots as “extremely futile in imagination” over a claim by some that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is unsafe for Nigerians.
AstraZeneca is being used in Germany only for people over 60, who are at a higher risk of dying due to COVID-19.
Moderna’s is the second vaccine to get FDA’s nod, a week after Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, got approval.
