UDM Chief Whip Nqabayomzi Kwankwa says it is important for Africa as a whole to invest heavily in the production of its own vaccine for the coronavirus.
“This is important in light of what has been happening, which people call resource hoarding around the world, where countries that have the vaccine in excess aren’t supplying it or providing it to countries that are in need,” says Kwankwa.
Kwankwa says South African pharmaceutical companies need to invest in vaccines.
“It is also important that as South Africa and pharmaceutical companies in Africa invest in the production of the vaccine that we produce a vaccine for South Africa and the people of Africa a vaccine that is going to be responsive or be able to deal with all the different variants of the virus as it mutates,” added Kwankwa.