SENEGAL TO BUILD COVID-19 VACCINE PLANT

Later this year, construction is expected to begin for a. Furthermore, the Institut Pasteur, based in Dakar, will run the plant, expect that the facility would help Africa reduce its dependence on vaccine imports, which currently account for 99% of its needs. “Team Europe is helping Senegal move one important step closer to producing its own vaccines and protecting Africans from Covid-19 and other diseases,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in the statement.