AU to focus on J&J vaccine and Covax to bring AstraZeneca
A consignment of the AstraZeneca vaccines brought in by the UN-led Covax initiative, as assistance to poor countries at Entebbe airport on March 5, 2021. PHOTO | FILE
The African Union’s disease control body said on Thursday it had dropped plans to secure AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines for its members from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s biggest vaccine supplier, amid global shortfalls of the shot.
AstraZeneca’s $3 shot is by far the cheapest coronavirus vaccine launched so far, and the easiest to store and transport, making it well suited to developing countries.
