A South African firm says it will stop making coronavirus vaccines at the end of the month because it hasn't received a single order, reported BBC. A
A South African firm says it will stop making coronavirus vaccines at the end of the month because it hasn’t received a single order, reported BBC. Aspen Pharmacare’s announcement was followed by reassurance from the Africa Centres for Disease Control that it was “doing everything to ensure that those buying vaccines are buying them from Africa”. In March, Aspen signed a deal with Johnson & Johnson to produce 450 million doses per year of its own branded version of a Covid 19 vaccine called Aspenovax, reported BBC.
At the time Aspen’s deal with Johnson & Johnson was called “a game-changer” in providing equitable vaccines to the continent. The African Union has a target for 60% of all vaccines administered on the continent to be produced locally by 2040. But with only a fifth of Africans vaccinated, that demand has not materialised. Aspen says it will now be forced to re-purpose some of its production lines to make anaesthetics, reported BBC.
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In the last 24 hours 101 new cases of contagion and 2 deaths caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are over 100 in the last 24 hours, while there were 2 deaths reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
State Health Authorities insist that Guanajuato should maintain health protection.
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