Moderna confirms supply deal with Botswana

Covid-19 jab PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Covid-19 jab PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

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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. 

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Accounting officers should be held accountable

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