46 African countries to date have received shipments of Chinese vaccines, either sold, donated, or both, according to the latest update from the Beijing-based consulting firm Bridge’s vaccine tracker report.
In total, China has shipped 72.3 million doses to African countries and together with a local production partner in Egypt have produced 16 million jabs. New manufacturing facilities in Algeria and Morocco are expected to come online soon and will begin producing Sinovac vaccines.
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