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AFRICA

Sharing the secrets of making a Covid-19 vaccine isn’t enough. Here’s why

For all the excitement generated by the news of an mRNA vaccine hub being established in South Africa, the country is still going to need help making Covid-19 jabs

  • Adèle Sulcas
  • Mia Malan
10 min read
28 May 2021, South Africa, Pretoria: Emmanuel Macron (l), President of France, and Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, attend the launch meeting of the Initiative for the Future of Vaccines in Africa at the University of Pretoria. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images)
AFRICA

France to join South Africa’s bid to increase support for Trips waivers at G7 meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that South Africa could count on him to fix the inequalities associated with combating the virus

  • Tunicia Phillips
5 min read
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ACHAL PRABHALA

Africa could produce a Covid-19 vaccine sooner than you think

In mere months, Moderna transformed an old Polaroid factory in America into a state-of-the-art vaccine-production centre. Why can’t we do the same?

  • Laura López González
8 min read