The top scientist further stated that it would be a tough ask to expect African manufacturers to start manufacturing vaccines.
A top scientist, leading the study on South Africa’s first Covid-19 trial, says no vaccine is going to made available freely because someone needs to eventually pay for it.
Madhi added that the onus on ensuring accessibility to vaccines would be on the various governments throughout the continent. “The reality is that, except for a handful of vaccines, the rest of the vaccines that they use on the African continent are actually imported.
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