"This pandemic has revealed the vulnerability of the continent as to its vaccine sufficiency"
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Since the beginning of July, police officers have been eligible for vaccination in South Africa.
The country is expected to be the first on the continent to produce Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine locally.
July 5, 2021 © AP - Alet Pretorius
By: Jeanne Richard Follow
6 mins
South Africa has announced a contract with Pfizer-BioNTech laboratories to produce its anti-Covid-19 vaccine on site, while the continent is far behind the rest of the world in the vaccination race.
Beyond the current pandemic, the longer-term objective is therefore to develop the vaccine industry in the event of future pandemics.
Doctor Anissa Boumlic-Courtade, member of the management board of the African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI), is the guest of RFI.
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