The US govt has agreed to buy 100 million doses of a trial vaccine for up to R26 billion

The US government is buying 100 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, it was announced Tuesday.

Under the deal, pharmaceutical company Moderna will manufacture the doses as it conducts clinical trials, which are expected to produce results as early as October.

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