Moderna to build Sh57bn Covid vaccine plant in Kenya

A woman receives a Covid 19 vaccine at Kencom bus stop in Nairobi last year. FILE PHOTO | NMG

American biotechnology firm Moderna will set up a manufacturing facility in Kenya, its first in Africa, to produce messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, including Covid-19 shots.

Moderna said it expects to invest about $500 million (Sh56.5 billion) in the Kenyan facility and supply as many as 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines to the African continent each year.

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