BOTSWANA-GABORONE-COVID-19 VACCINE-MANUFACTURING PLANT-LAUNCH

BOTSWANA-GABORONE-COVID-19 VACCINE-MANUFACTURING PLANT-LAUNCH

(220329) -- GABORONE, March 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi (L) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NantWorks Patrick Soon-Shiong, attend a ceremony for the launch of the NantBotswana vaccine manufacturing plant in Gaborone, Botswana, on March 28, 2022. The NantBotswana plant will produce Pula Corbevax vaccine against COVID-19 developed in partnership with Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Baylor College of Medicine, said Masisi during the ceremony. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-VACCINE FACILITY

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-VACCINE FACILITY

(220119) -- CAPE TOWN, Jan. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong attend the launch of a vaccine manufacturing campus in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, on Jan. 19, 2022. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday jointly launched a vaccine manufacturing campus in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, with a goal to manufacture a billion doses of vaccines "from start to finish" by 2025.This will be the first "real" vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa to produce COVID-19 vaccines by using locally-made drug substances, instead of filling with drug substances from elsewhere, Ramaphosa told a briefing at the launch. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua)

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-VACCINE FACILITY

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-VACCINE FACILITY

(220119) -- CAPE TOWN, Jan. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (2nd L) and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong (3rd L) cut the ribbon during the launch of a vaccine manufacturing campus in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, on Jan. 19, 2022. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday jointly launched a vaccine manufacturing campus in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, with a goal to manufacture a billion doses of vaccines "from start to finish" by 2025.This will be the first "real" vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa to produce COVID-19 vaccines by using locally-made drug substances, instead of filling with drug substances from elsewhere, Ramaphosa told a briefing at the launch. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua)

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-VACCINE FACILITY

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-VACCINE FACILITY

(220119) -- CAPE TOWN, Jan. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L, front) and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong (R, front) visit a vaccine manufacturing campus in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, on Jan. 19, 2022. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday jointly launched a vaccine manufacturing campus in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, with a goal to manufacture a billion doses of vaccines "from start to finish" by 2025.This will be the first "real" vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa to produce COVID-19 vaccines by using locally-made drug substances, instead of filling with drug substances from elsewhere, Ramaphosa told a briefing at the launch. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua)