Uproar greets South Sudan's Covid vaccine giveaway

South Sudan.

A Unicef social mobiliser shares public health advice to prevent infection of Covid-19 at an IDP camp in Juba city, South Sudan. PHOTO | AFP

South Sudanese stakeholders have expressed concerns with the government’s decision to donate 72,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines after failing to administer them locally.

This week, authorities in Juba decided to donate the AstraZeneca doses to Kenya, via Covax facility after admitting they would be beyond their use-by date going by the current trend of inoculation.