The World Health Organisation officially launched its mRNA vaccine technology hub in Cape Town on Thursday - a facility established during the Covid-19 pandemic to help poorer countries that struggle to access life-saving medication.
The World Health Organisation officially launched an mRNA vaccine hub in Cape Town.The hub has already produced the first African-made mRNA vaccine. in Cape Town on Thursday - a facility established during the Covid-19 pandemic to help poorer countries that struggle to access life-saving medication.
Afrigen Biologics used the publicly available sequence of Moderna Inc's mRNA Covid-19 vaccine to make its own version of the shot - AfriVac 2121 - at lab scale and it is now scaling up production.
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