South Africa could be producing vaccines in nine to 12 months

from PM Live on SAfm · host SABC News and Current Affairs

The World Health Organization (WHO) YESTERDAY announced that South Africa will be the first location to establish a mRNA technology transfer hub for COVID 19 vaccines. The WHO says South Africa could be producing vaccines in nine to 12 months. Two local companies will work together, Biovac as a developer and Afrigen as the manufacturer. Technology transfer hubs are training facilities where the technology is established at industrial scale and clinical development performed.

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