African countries to start Covid-19 vaccine pre-orders

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Nation | by Angela Oketch


The Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) has begun its Covid-19 vaccines pre-order programme for all African Union member states.

The pre-order, being done on behalf of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), will be facilitated by African Export-Import Bank, (Afreximbank), which will advance procurement commitment guarantees of up to $2 billion to manufacturers on behalf of the member states.

Earlier, AU chair and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that it has secured a provisional 270 million vaccine doses for…

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