Dose of reality: What will it take to make mRNA vaccines in SA.
24 MAY 2021 – Messenger RNA vaccines have been hailed for their manufacturing advantages over conventional vaccines – so much so that African leaders such as President Cyril Ramaphosa have called for mRNA production capacity to be developed in Africa. Catherine Tomlinson examines why they are easier to make than some other types of vaccine and asks what it will take to build such production capacity.