Business weighs up request by government to help buy vaccines
SA has come under pressure by unions, health leaders and opposition parties for its failure to secure any deals with pharmaceutical firms
SA’s biggest businesses said they are “seriously considering” a request by the government to help fund the acquisition of Covid-19 vaccines as the disease curbs activity in the continent’s most-industrialised economy.
The government has come under increasing pressure from unions, health leaders and opposition parties for its failure to secure any agreements with pharmaceutical companies even as at least 29 other countries begin to inoculate their populations. SA expects to start getting shots for about 10% of its population only in the second quarter. That deal has been arranged through the Covax initiative, which is designed to ensure poorer countries can secure access...
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