Algeria begins Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine production
Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane, who attended the launch of the production process at a factory in the eastern city of Constantine, called it a "big achievement". Production could be doubled in the North African nation if needed, officials said.
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The trial will test the efficacy of combining an "inactivated" vaccine made by China's Sinovac with a DNA-based one developed by US pharmaceutical company Inovio
Algeria to manufacture Chinese Sinovac vaccine
Even as Sinovac will become the second Covid-19 vaccine to be manufactured locally in the country, only 10 percent of the 44 million population has been inoculated in nearly six months of the vaccination drive.
Chinese jab added hurdle for some African visitors to EU
Travelers to Europe must be inoculated with the AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines The Chinese vaccines Sinovac and Sinopharm have been the most widely used on the African continent Europe is gradually re-opening to vaccinated travelers as coronavirus restrictions ease, but in some African nations such...
