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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Six African Nations to Get Own mRNA Jab Production

Currently only one percent of the vaccines used in Africa are produced on the continent of 1.3 billion people. Barbara DEBOUT AFP

Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday, with the continent largely shut out of access to Covid jabs.

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia were selected as the first recipients of technology from the WHO's global mRNA vaccine hub, in a push to ensure Africa can make its own jabs to fight the Covid and other diseases, AFP said.

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