Rwanda’s vaccine factory can be replicated here to serve region – President

President Irfaan Ali (second from left) at the launching of the factory. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is second from right. (Office of the President photo)

President Irfaan Ali says that Guyana will be seeking to develop the framework and infrastructure to not only build a similar facility like BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine factory in Rwanda, but to attract investors in medical research and development.

According to a statement from the Office of the President, Ali made this announcement yesterday at the launch of COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine factory in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital.

The President is in Rwanda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which begins today.