First Malaria Shots From Biggest Vaccine Maker Deployed in Africa
- Children in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, first to get shots
- Serum, University of Oxford developed the immunization
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Ivory Coast has become the first country to deploy a malaria shot developed by Serum Institute of India Ltd., the world’s largest vaccine maker, and the University of Oxford.
The first doses of the R21 immunization were administered on Monday to children in Abidjan, the commercial capital of the West African country, the developers and their partners said in a statement — the second malaria vaccine to go into use.