Health workers in Durban, South Africa, await their dose of the Covid vaccine. It has emerged that Europe is importing Johnson & Johnson vaccines from South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare. PHOTO | AFP
There is anxiety again across Africa over low Covid vaccine supplies following announcements by several Western governments that they will start giving Covid-19 booster shots to their fully vaccinated populations.
It has since emerged that Europe is importing Johnson & Johnson vaccines from South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare, which was only recently licensed to begin production especially for African countries which had been locked out of the international supply chain.