Africa’s COVID-19 fight bolstered with tech transfer

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Speed read Six African countries to get technology for manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines Only 12 per cent of the African population are fully vaccinated Countries should secure markets for the home-produced vaccines, experts say [KAMPALA] Six African countries are to receive technology that will enable them to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, in an effort to reduce reliance on producers outside the continent, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. The rollout is part of a global initiative aimed at helping low- and middle-income countries to access the technology for producing mRNA vaccines at scale and to international standards in order to stem the COVID-19 pandemic. “Diversifying mRNA vaccine manufacturing capacity to low- and middle-income countries should be a global health priority,” said Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in response to the WHO announcement.