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Through a manufacturing deal, Africa was supposed to finally get up to speed on Covid-19 vaccines. Now, those have been shipped overseas
At the end of July, the first J&J shots produced in South Africa entered arms, highlighting a flurry of moves meant to get Africa access to sorely needed Covid-19 vaccines.
Those jabs were set to be distributed throughout South Africa, and made available to the African Union. But on Monday, The New York Times reported that most of the vaccines produced in the country haven’t made it to locals, as millions of doses have been exported to Europe.
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