COVID: South Africa to host vaccine tech transfer hub
By DW
22 June 2021 |
9:51 am
In a bid to increase access to coronavirus vaccines in Africa, the World Health Organization is setting up a hub to share mRNA technology to produce the jab in the continent.
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