By Sola Ogundipe
AFRICA’S COVID-19 vaccination programme got a boost as pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, J&J, announced it will supply up to 400 million doses of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine to the African Union.
The supplies will help Africa reach its target of vaccinating at least 60 percent of the population, to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The African Vaccine Acquisition Trust Team, AVATT, has already signed an agreement with Johnson & Johnson for the delivery of the vaccine doses.
The agreement entails that 55 member states of the AU will take delivery,…
