Six African countries are to receive technology that will enable them to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, in an effort to reduce reliance on producers outside the continent, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will get access to the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine technology along with knowledge needed to manufacture the vaccines and support in training scientists, the WHO said. The rollout is part of a global initiative aimed at helping low- and middle-income countries to access the technology for producing mRNA vaccines at scale and to international standards in order to stem the COVID-19 pandemic.
