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Aspen to get up to $713m to produce Covid-19 vaccines for African nations – Gqeberha in the News

1 July 2021 By Port Elizabethan

Aspen to get up to 3m to produce Covid-19 vaccines for African nations: Aspen Pharmacare is set to receive a long-term funding package of nearly $ 713m (€600m) to boost the production of Coivd-19 vaccines for countries in the African continent. The funds are provided by …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Covid drama on the high seas: IT’S BEEN a week of high drama for about 100 crew members on board the Desert Diamond fishing vessel after four of their colleagues tested positive for Covid-19, including the cook. The drama started …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Chippa poses Gavin Hunt question: Chippa United boss Siviwe Mpengesi says he is going for a big profile coach to lead his team next season and has questioned the availability Gavin Hunt.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Running from home to make it big in Joburg: Mercy Pakela on her career: Born in the Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, Mercy Pakela carved a signature style for herself at the same time as the likes of her mates such as Brenda Fassie and Yvonne Chaka Chaka were climbing the ladder …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

International institutions aid vaccine-making in Africa through R10bn financing: Several international development finance institutions have partnered on a financing package for pharmaceuticals company Aspen Pharmacare to support vaccine production and other treatment therapies on …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

IFC announces 3m joint financing to Aspen to boost Covid-19 vaccine production: The IFC has announced a joint financing package of $ 712.67m (€600m) for Aspen Pharmacare to support the Covid-19 vaccines production.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Another six-week delay in Timothy Omotoso case: Arguments in the application for the high court in Gqeberha to determine if a mistrial should be ruled in the rape and human trafficking case against Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso are expected to be …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

WOMAN BUST FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF MINORS FOUND GUILTY: THE SENTENCING of an Eastern Cape woman who forced three minors to have sex with each other has been postponed to 16 August.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Eastern Cape woman guilty of forcing cousin, neighbours to have sex: Last month, a 29-year-old Gqeberha woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old boy in June 2020.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.


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