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Senegal institute wins $50 mln in boost to Africa’s vaccine capacity

Senegal institute wins $50 mln in boost to Africa’s vaccine capacity

NATALIE GROVER and NELLIE PEYTON THE Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness (CEPI) will invest up to $50 million over 10 years to help Senegal's Institut Pasteur expand Africa's ability to produce vaccines at scale, it said. The deal - which will also reserve the capacity to produce vaccines specifically for Global South countries during future outbreaks of disease - will help Africa take charge of its own health security, said CEPI CEO Richard Hatchett. The funds, which will initially include up to $15 million over three years, will support the development of the institute's manufacturing facilities for routine and outbreak vaccinations.…
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South Africa targets 300 000 vaccinations daily

South Africa targets 300 000 vaccinations daily

SOUTH Africa aims to do at least 300,000 COVID-19 vaccinations a day by the end of August, senior health official Nicholas Crisp said. He added that the country had around 3.6 million vaccine doses in stock, enough for around 18 days of vaccinations.  SA also announced plans to start vaccinating people aged between 35 and 49 years old against COVID-19 from August 1.  Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane added at a news conference that indications were that the number of COVID-19 cases in the most populous province, Gauteng, was peaking. Gauteng has been responsible for the lion's share of infections during a severe…
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Most African countries to begin vaccinations by end of March

Most African countries to begin vaccinations by end of March

MOST African countries will kick-start their COVID-19 vaccination programs by the end of March as efforts to procure doses for the continent's 1.3 billion people gather pace, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday. The world's poorest continent faces logistical and financial obstacles to securing all the vaccines it needs, but the WHO-led COVAX facility has begun to bear fruit. "This week Africa has been at the forefront of COVAX facility deliveries, finally, with almost 10 million vaccine doses being delivered to 11 countries as of this morning," WHO Africa's Matshidiso Moeti told a virtual news conference. "We expect that…
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Vaccines due in weeks or months not yet Africa’s way out of pandemic, officials say

Vaccines due in weeks or months not yet Africa’s way out of pandemic, officials say

VACCINES are not yet Africa's way out of the pandemic as it may be weeks or even months before first doses start to arrive, health officials said, after the African Union (AU) secured 270 million doses for the continent where about 30,000 a day are becoming infected. Africa has not started vaccinations and there is concern that more prosperous regions are getting an unfair head start in the global fight against COVID-19. Africa's second coronavirus wave is infecting twice as many people per day as the height of the first wave last year, and has not peaked, John Nkengasong, director…
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