PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has called on wealthy countries to stop ‘hoarding’ excess COVID-19 vaccines that they had ordered but did not immediately need, saying the world needed to act together to fight the pandemic.
“We need those who have hoarded the vaccines to release the vaccines so that other countries can have them,” Ramaphosa told a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum on Tuesday.
“The rich countries of the world went out and acquired large doses of vaccines. Some countries even acquired up to four times what their population needs to the exclusion of other countries”.
He added that he was deeply concerned about the problem of ‘vaccine nationalism’, which, unless addressed, will endanger the recovery of all countries.
“Ending the pandemic worldwide will require greater collaboration on the rollout of vaccines, ensuring that no country is left behind in this effort. Here in South Africa, as in most
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