Africa: The Scramble for Covid-19 Vaccine As Africa Left Out

15 December 2020

Last Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres had a virtual meeting with AU leaders. On the table was the emergence of vaccine nationalism, an issue that is bothering many African nations since it concerns the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine to the rich countries.

The meeting came in the backdrop of bad news: There will not be enough vaccines to cover the world's population until 2023 or 2024. The other tragedy is that Africa is left out in the scramble for Covid-19 vaccine.

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