Afrigen gears up to deliver Africa's first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine – Reuters

CAPE TOWN, June 24 (Reuters) – Afrigen Biologics expects a decision in mid-July on partners to produce Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine using the mRNA platform, the South African start-up’s managing director said.

The World Health Organization picked Afrigen for a pilot to give poor and middle-income countries the know-how and licenses to make COVID-19 vaccines, in what South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called an historic step.

The “tech…