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The World Bank said it will support African countries with a campaign to quickly acquire and administer vaccine doses for 400 million people.

The World Bank said it will support the African Union for the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) initiative, and allow access to its $12bn fund for buying vaccines - whether through Covax or bilateral deals.

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Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) welcomed the announcement that a centre for transferring vaccine technology will be set up in South Africa.

It's good news that the first mRNA technology transfer hub will be set up on the African continent, which has been particularly neglected when it comes to vaccine production capacity and is one of the key factors exacerbating COVID-19 vaccine inequity," said Kate Stegeman, Advocacy Coordinator for the MSF Access Campaign in South Africa.