“The higher the number of infections, the more lives are likely to be lost because there is no definitive treatment. The AU team is in Kenya to drum up support for measures to control the spread of the pandemic. In August, Tunisia’s institut Pasteur launched the vaccine trials on a possible vaccine using DNA technology. Chinese companies are currently undertaking the vaccine trials in Tunisia, according to the Africa CDC officials. We are formally engaged with the Chinese on the North African vaccine trials,” Nkengasong said.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 27, 2020 15:11 UTC