Given the level of misinformation we have seen in the recent months, it’s fully understandable and indeed unsurprising that people would be concerned about the human testing of the Covid-19 vaccines in SA.

But they would be wrong to conclude that the testing of vaccines is bad for SA or bad for our continent. As Covid-19 infections across Africa continue to rise, it is of vital importance for our safety and our economic livelihoods that any vaccines that eventually get developed work for Africans as well as for anyone else...

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