This has been announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) within the framework of the summit between the European Union and Africa, in Brussels. The South African president has applauded the initiative, although he has once again called for the suspension of patents on coronavirus vaccines.
The European Union and the African Union have signed this Friday asane so that Africa can produce its own vaccines against covid-19 in six countries: South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Kenya and Senegal. Specifically, they will receive the necessary messenger RNA (mRNA) technology.
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced the names of the six beneficiary countries of this initiative within the framework of the summit between the European Union (EU) and Africa that is being held in Brussels .
The Cape Town center has already managed to develop a vaccine similar to Moderna’s in the laboratory. Clinical trials will begin this year, but even if they are successful, it may have to wait until 2024 for it to be available.
the south african presidentCyril Ramaphosa has applauded the initiative, although has once again requested the suspension of the patents of the coronavirus vaccinesa step that would allow the production of generics.
Although more than 10 billion anti-Covid vaccines have already been administered in the world, with which more than 60% of the global population has received at least one dose, the distribution is very uneven. While developed countries have very high vaccination rates and many of their citizens have even received booster shots, in Africa 80% of the population has not received a single dose.
Source: Eitb
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