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Nigeria to use drones to deliver vaccines

Nigeria to use drones to deliver vaccines

LIBBY GEORGE NIGERIA’S Kaduna state has signed a deal with medical delivery firm Zipline that will allow drone shipment of COVID-19 vaccines without significant state investment in cold-chain storage, the company has announced. Kaduna's partnership with Zipline, which delivered more than 1 million doses of other vaccines in Africa over the past year, will also enable on-demand delivery of blood products, medications and other vaccines. "It will help ensure that millions of people in Kaduna State will always get the care they need," Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai said. Zipline said its end-to-end cold chain distribution capability, which can safely deliver…
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U.S. nears sale of four sophisticated drones to Morocco – sources

U.S. nears sale of four sophisticated drones to Morocco – sources

MIKE STONE and PATRICIA ZENGERLE THE United States is negotiating the sale of at least four sophisticated large aerial drones to Morocco, according to three U.S. sources familiar with the negotiations, and is expected to discuss the deal with members of Congress in the coming days. The sources did not indicate whether the deal, which has been in the works for several months, was in any way related to the an agreement brokered with U.S. help for Morocco to normalize relations with Israel. While the State Department has authorized the sale of the unmanned aerial vehicles, the sources said, it…
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