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These six African nations have secured EU support to produce COVID-19 vaccines

Six African countries have been chosen by the European Union to start vaccine production on the African continent.

The announcement of the sextuplet COVID-19 producers was announced at the just-ended African Union-European Union summit that was held between February 17 and 18 in the Belgian capital, Brussels.

There are two countries each in West and North Africa whereas one each were chosen for East and Southern Africa.

The full list is as follows:

West Africa = Nigeria and Senegal

North Africa = Tunisia and Egypt

East Africa = Kenya

Southern Africa = South Africa

“Today I’m delighted to announce the first six African countries that will receive technology from the hub to produce their own mRNA vaccines: Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.

“WHO will work with the companies and the government in each country to develop a roadmap for training and production, based on their needs and capacities,” WHO boss Tedros Ghebreyesus said in his comments.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

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