Three manufacturing hubs in Africa planned 21 May 2021 - 07:05 By Reuters Vaccine manufacturers will on Friday announce plans to make more vaccines available at low cost to poorer nations. Image: WHO/AFRICA REGION Drugmakers are to announce on Friday they will provide large new supplies of at-cost Covid-19 vaccines to poor nations this year to try to redress the global imbalance, an EU official familiar with the matter said. Coinciding with a global health summit hosted by Italy and the EU, the bloc will also announce it is setting up three manufacturing hubs in Africa from this year to boost long-term production of vaccines, the official told Reuters.