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President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the Aspen Pharmacare manufacturing facility in Gqeberha.
Ramaphosa along with Deputy President David Mabuza and others visited the facility to evaluate the vaccine production.
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Reports say that the facility has technologically advanced equipment that can be used to manufacture vaccines and others.
Ramaphosa stated that the facility is making ‘life-saving’ vaccines.
The president stated that the vaccines must not only be for SA but for the rest ofAfrica.
South Africa has secured 30 million Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines. Image: Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco ChronicleSource: Getty Images
eNCAreported that Ramaphosa referred to a ‘vaccine apartheid’.
The president believes that everyone should be treated equally.
In other news about Covid-19 vaccines,Briefly.co.zarecently reported thatcoronavirus protocols are still advised after receiving the jab.
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A team of investigators gathered data surrounding the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
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Source: Briefly News
Reeshni ChettyReeshni Chetty is a senior current affairs reporter.
Reeshni has a passion for breaking the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
