Africa: AU Accelerates Vaccine Pre-Orders

23 February 2021

The Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), set up by the African Union (AU) to acquire additional vaccine doses for the continent said it has received an offer of 300 million Sputnik V vaccines from the Russian Federation.

This includes a financing package for any member states wishing to secure the vaccine.

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