Pfizer-BioNTech to start producing Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa in 2022

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Pfizer and BioNTech will start to manufacture their Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa, they announced jointly on Wednesday, in a move that could significantly increase the availability of doses across the continent next year

When fully operational, the companies said annual vaccine production would exceed 100 million doses, to be distributed exclusively within African countries.

Vaccination rates across Africa remain extremely low, with just over 20 million full vaccine doses administered to a population of over 1.3 billion, according to data from the World Health Organization , which says only 1.5% of the population has been fully vaccinated. Several countries including Mali, Niger and Ethiopia have hardly administered any doses per 100 people.

There have been steady calls from countries including India and South Africa to waive the intellectual property rights on vaccine technology -- part of ongoing negotiations at the World Trade Organization.

 

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Mmmh lets wait n see side effects obvious within 2 years will see those side effects n some would died by then, only desperate ones will take this evil poison

Thank you. This covid virus is here to stay just like all other past viruses throughout the years.

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