The stakes are high for Africa in the scramble for Covid vaccine

Participating in vaccine trials and securing funding drive its strategy to ensure the continent isn't at the 'end of the queue'

27 October 2020 - 20:39 By claire keeton

SA is one of eight African countries conducting international clinical trials to test Covid-19 vaccines and, on Wednesday morning, masked volunteers were lining up as usual at the continent’s most southern trial site, the UCT Lung Institute in Cape Town...

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