Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccination plant, touted last year as a trailblazer for an under-vaccinated continent frustrated by sluggish Western handouts, risks shutting down after receiving not a single order, a company executive said on Saturday. South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare APNJ.J negotiated a licensing deal in November to package and sell Johnson & Johnson’s JNJ.N Covid-19 vaccine and distribute it across Africa.
“If we don’t get any kind of vaccine orders, then clearly there’ll be very little rationale for retaining the lines that we’re currently using for production,” he said of the Covid-19 vaccine plant in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. African countries have struggled with logistical issues, lack of skilled staff, cold chains and other problems surrounding the distribution of vaccines.
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