This is according to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire. Speaking at the briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF), Dr Ehanire said the Federal Government is working to develop the country’s own vaccines. The minister said the government is exploring the option of local production of the vaccines in the country and have had discussions with a producer.
Following the announcement by the African Union Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa on the 14th of January 2021 that the African Union has secured a provisional 270 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for Africa through its COVID-19 African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT)..
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has approved the use of two more COVID-19 vaccines made by pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Moderna following the success of the Pfizer vaccination rollout. The move comes as part of the Kingdom’s efforts to increase the vaccine availability for its citizens and residents, said the Health Director of the Eastern Province.
South Africa, which has yet to receive its first coronavirus vaccine doses, will be getting 9 million from Johnson & Johnson, the health ministry said on January 18. The government of Africa’s most advanced economy is trying to secure enough COVID-19 vaccines after health workers and scientists criticized it for not moving fast enough to inoculate its people.
The vaccines will be supplied by Pfizer, AstraZeneca, through the Serum Institute of India, and Johnson & Johnson, said Ramaphosa, who chairs the African Union. He added that all 270 million doses would be made available this year, with at least 50 million available “for the crucial period of April to June 2021”.
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GenPharm and GEN will collaborate with Orchard to facilitate access to treatment with Libmeldy in European-based qualified treatment centers for eligible patients living in the Middle East and Turkey.
The European Investment Bank (EIB), has launched a €50 million scheme that involves strengthening local production of active pharmaceutical ingredients in Africa.
The government is in the process of developing an Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) to assist with the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines across South Africa, according to the online platform Businesstech.
Somalia’s health system has been in a severely weakened state for decades due to conflict and humanitarian crises which have led to the displacement of more than 2.6 million Somalis.
Egypt-based telemedicine startup, Docspert Health has secured a six-figure seed funding investment from Flat6Labs and several other angel investors from the US and UK.
Founded in 2014 by Merthan Öztürk and Kerem Yaşar, Inofab Health develops and sells different products in the respiratory care domain to help patients (and healthcare professionals) understand, track, and manage lung health.
Saudi Arabia has launched a digital “health passport,” available through the Ministry of Health’s Tawakkalna app. The ‘passport’ will contain a registry of an individual’s vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and confirmation that the individual is immune to the virus.
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