African countries to start Covid-19 vaccine pre-orders
A pharmacist holds a vial containing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at the vaccination centre in the Festhalle hall in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on January 19, 2021.
While AVATT has secured the doses from Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson and AstraZeneca, the platform will enable faster, more transparent and cost-effective access to the supplies.
The Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) has begun its Covid-19 vaccines pre-order programme for all African Union member states.
The pre-order, being done on behalf of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), will be facilitated by African Export-Import Bank, (Afreximbank), which will advance procurement commitment guarantees of up to $2 billion to manufacturers on behalf of the member states.
