Coronavirus vaccines could cement Africa s relationship with China
To many Africans, Europe has been greedy, hoarding vaccinations produced in the West to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The repercussion is that Africa could cozy up further to a generous Asian giant China.
Chinese medical experts have been advising Africans on how to fight the coronavirus pandemic
Nothing in the world right now is in as much demand as the coronavirus vaccine. The available BioNtech-Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines come in short supply and have been purchased by countries with the thickest wallets.
The People s Vaccine Alliance, an NGO network, reports that rich nations, representing only 14% of the world s population, have bought up more than half of the most promising vaccines. On the other hand, Africa is at the end of the queue. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, vaccines will not be available in most African countries until April 2022 at the earliest.
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Opinion: Vaccine privilege could haunt the West
The early development of COVID-19 vaccines should have helped Western nations gain more influence over Africa. But from an ethical and organizational standpoint, they have blown it spectacularly, writes DW s Cai Nebe.
Africa has been largely left to scramble for COVID-19 vaccines
BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna, Janssen, Oxford-AstraZeneca, CureVac a formidable combination of vaccines developed in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States in record time to save the world from the coronavirus pandemic. That is, as long as the West can stop squabbling in the first place.
Developing the coronavirus vaccines in under a year and making them available is, without doubt, an incredible achievement. However, it brings with it a certain vaccine privilege. The EU, for example, has outstripped Africa in buying up coronavirus vaccines, despite being home to a small fraction compared to Africa s population
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