African countries to start Covid-19 vaccine pre-orders
A pharmacist holds a vial containing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at the vaccination centre in the Festhalle hall in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on January 19, 2021, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. PHOTO | AFP
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.
