Absence of vaccine against virus to slow down recovery of economies, warns WTO head

Kenyans wait to receive the Covid-19 vaccination

Kenyans wait to receive the Covid-19 vaccination at Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi on June 17, 2021. PHOTO  EVANS | HABIL 

Economies across the world, especially in Africa, are unlikely to recover should the scarcity of Covid-19 vaccine persist, warns Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Dr Okonjo-Iweala further warned that without the transfer of technology and know-how, manufacture or increased output of Covid-19 vaccines is not assured.