AU to begin monthly shipments of single dose COVID-19 Vaccine to member-states

Starting next Thursday, Africa Union (AU) will commence monthly shipments of the 400m doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine it acquired through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to its member-states. It has announced the development virtually via its director of Africa Centre for Disease Control, Dr John Nkengasong, during the weekly press briefing on COVID-19. AVAT is an initiative by the AU member-states to join their purchasing power for a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine with longer shelf-life and favourable storage conditions in an agreement with Johnson & Johnson.

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