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BioNTech is Sending Modular COVID-19 Vax Factories to Rwanda

“BioNTainers” will be made from shipping containers, and produce 50 million vaccine doses a year.

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According to a recent Freethink* article, Africa imports over 99% of the vaccines it uses. As COVID-19 vaccines became available, richer countries were able to procure the lion’s share of vaccines, exposing the vulnerability of remote developing countries and the need for more local vaccine production. Not to mention the difficulty of maintaining the cold chain required to preserve vaccine efficacy while transporting them to remote locations. To combat this, BioNTech, maker of one of the first mRNA COVID-20 vaccines, designed a modular mRNA vaccine factory consisting of two modules, each made of six shipping containers. 

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