Moderna confirms supply deal with Botswana
Thursday, June 03, 2021
Covid-19 jab PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Although the Massachusetts headquartered company did not provide details of the number of doses, local Presidential Task Team officially previously said the supply would be enough to cover 250,000 people.
The supply deal is believed to be one of the first Moderna has clinched with an African country as most of its distribution has been for the US market.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...