US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday launched a plant that will produce a billion Covid-19 vaccine doses in Cape Town by 2025, fulfilling a longtime plan to help bring greater health equity to the country of his birth. While doses have started flowing to the region, the continent is seeking ways to ensure it isn’t left behind again. WATCH LIVE: President @CyrilRamaphosa launches the NantSA vaccine manufacturing campus with Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong, founder of NantWorks, LLC, at Brackengate in Cape Town. Through the establishment of NANTSA last year, Soon-Shiong started the process. He is also backing a Covid-19 vaccine candidate that he sees as having potential as a universal booster for other pandemic shots.

Source: News 24 January 19, 2022 12:48 UTC