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Uganda To Fine Citizens For Refusing Covid-19 Vaccine
The Ugandan government is working on a new law that would mandate citizens to pay a fine if they refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Failure to pay could lead to some jail time, according to lawmakers. The public health law currently being amended by the parliament is partly to protect vulnerable citizens from infection…
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Morocco Begins Construction Of Vaccine Production Plants
Morocco has officially launched the construction of its covid-19 manufacturing plant in the region of Casablanca, the country’s economic capital. Slated to begin production in July 2022, SENSYO Pharmatech would cover the production and administration of Covid-19 vaccines as well as other vaccines. The plant would have “three industrial lines whose combined production capacity will…
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What Is The Rave About The Valneva COVID-19 Vaccine?
French pharmaceutical company Valneva has recently joined the vaccine manufacturing ring with its vaccine they claim is different from the rest in the market. The Valneva vaccine, also known as VLA2001 is built to stimulate an immune response to the entire virus as opposed to targetting just the spike protein of the coronavirus, like its…
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How Poor Funding For Research, Low Technology Contributed To Lack Of Local Covid-19 Vaccine Production
This story is a result of Orodata’s Micro-Grant support to journalists to produce in-depth investigative and data-driven stories on thematic areas like Development, Healthcare, Covid-19, and Covid-19 Vaccine. “Nigeria Institute of Medical Research is surviving on international grant. There is no budgetary provision for NIMR. Majority of the things they are using are programmed and…