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Helen Sullivan and agencies
Thu 21 Jan 2021 21.43 EST
South Africa will have to buy doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine at a price nearly 2.5 times higher than most European countries, the country’s health ministry has said.
The African continent’s worst virus-hit country has ordered at least 1.5m shots of the vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), expected in January and February.
A senior health official on Thursday told AFP those doses would cost $5.25 (€4.32) each – nearly two and a half times the amount paid by most European countries.
... Bilateral deals between wealthier governments and coronavirus vaccine manufacturers have raised concern over price rises and lack of supply for low- and middle-income countries.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against “vaccine nationalism” and “price gouging”.
Helen Sullivan and agencies
Thu 21 Jan 2021 21.43 EST
South Africa will have to buy doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine at a price nearly 2.5 times higher than most European countries, the country’s health ministry has said.
The African continent’s worst virus-hit country has ordered at least 1.5m shots of the vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), expected in January and February.
A senior health official on Thursday told AFP those doses would cost $5.25 (€4.32) each – nearly two and a half times the amount paid by most European countries.
... Bilateral deals between wealthier governments and coronavirus vaccine manufacturers have raised concern over price rises and lack of supply for low- and middle-income countries.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against “vaccine nationalism” and “price gouging”.