Moderna Agrees To Sell 110 Million Covid Vaccine Doses To African Nations Amid Questions About Vaccine Equity

Moderna Agrees To Sell 110 Million Covid Vaccine Doses To African Nations Amid Questions About Vaccine Equity

Share to Linkedin Moderna has reached an agreement to sell up to 110 million shots of its Covid-19 vaccine to member nations of the African Union, the drugmaker announced on Tuesday, a move that comes at a time when vaccine makers and wealthy nations face increasing pressure to fulfill their commitments to poorer nations whose vaccination rates are vastly lower. Moderna's announcement comes at a time when wealthy nations and vaccine makers face intense ... [+] criticism for failing to deliver adequate vaccine doses to poorer nations. In a press release on Monday, Moderna announced that it would deliver 15 million shots by the end of this year and an additional 35 million doses by the end of March. The company said it's working on plans to bottle doses of its vaccine in Africa sometime in 2023 and is also working to build a mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in the continent. Moderna's fresh commitment is on top of its existing commitment to supply 500 million vaccine doses through 2022 to the WHO-backed Covax program, which was created to ensure equitable vaccine access, but that has since been criticized for failing poorer nations. 14%. That's the percentage of the 1. 8