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A manufacturing facility in South Africa has started shipping its first doses of COVID-19 vaccines on the continent this week, made in partnership with Johnson & Johnson. Until now, African nations have been importing all of their vaccines. As the World’s Elana Gordon reports, Aspen Pharmacare has a very tall order to fill.