South Africa to produce Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

Cape Town-based Biovac will complete the last step in the manufacturing process of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. PHOTO | AFP


Covid-19 vaccine makers BioNTech and Pfizer on Wednesday said they had found a South African partner to produce their jab on the African continent for the first time.

The move comes amid growing criticism of vaccine inequality that has seen poor countries fall behind richer ones in the race to protect people from the coronavirus.