As new COVID-19 variants continue to surge with third world countries suffering most, the President of African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina has posited that the Africa must accelerate manufacturing of its own vaccine.
He also posted on his Twitter handle @akin_adesina on Sunday that the continent must set up its own “healthcare security defence system”.
According to him, Africa must no longer outsource health security of its 1.8 billion people to the benevolence of others.
“Africa must accelerate the manufacturing of its own vaccines and set up its own “healthcare security defence system”.
“Africa must no longer outsource health security of its 1.8 billion people to the benevolence of others.
“There must be global justice, equity and fairness in access to vaccines. Global vaccine supply system has underserved Africa. Protecting one’s home alone in the midst of a forest fire does not work. Put out the forest fire.
“Africa should not be labelled and penalized for COVID-19 variants and mutations that occur randomly elsewhere in the world. Africa is not the source of COVID-19,” he tweeted.
