COVID-19: EU to return J&J vaccines made in South Africa
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Fri, 3 Sep 2021 || South Africa, South Africa
FRIDAY- 3rd September, 2021: The European Union will return millions of South Africa-manufactured Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine doses to the continent.
According to the African Union’s special envoy, Strive Masiyiwa, all the vaccines being produced in Africa “will stay in Africa and be distributed to Africa”.
“This issue has been corrected and it has been corrected in a very positive way,” he said
His comments follow criticism that vaccines were being shipped away from a continent that has the lowest vaccination rates in the world.
Less than 3% of Africa's population has been vaccinated.
