Algeria to Become Second African Country to Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccines

A Sinovac worker prepares vials of COVID-19 vaccine at the company's factory in Beijing. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Algeria announced that it would become the second country in Africa to begin local manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines. Pharmaceutical Minister Lotfi Benbahmed said on Wednesday that the government will partner with Russia to begin production of the Sputnik V vaccine in September.

Earlier this week, Egypt’s Health Minister Hala Zayed said production of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine would begin shortly. 

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