Government welcomes Biovac’s new vaccine development facility [SOUND]

# Deputy minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, doctor Nomalungelo Gina, has welcomed the opening of a new product development laboratory at the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of Southern Africa in Cape Town. The new laboratory will strengthen Biovac’s vaccine product development capabilities, enabling it to produce vaccines for Africa from start to finish. Gina says this evolution into vaccine product development reflects South Africa’s growing vaccine innovation and manufacturing capacity: