The President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has heavily criticised Africans for their failure to manufacture their own Covid-19 vaccines.
“Africans are a disgrace to ourselves. Why do we have to depend on the outside for everything? This is a big shame for Africa,” he told delegates attending the World Health Summit
President Museveni said countries across the continent need to stop waiting for vaccine donations and manufacture them locally.
“This selfishness in the world is bad but is good. I like it because it wakes up Africans. Its a shame the whole of the African continent is just asleep, waiting to be saved by others as it happened during the slave trade,” he said.
The African Union has been calling for a Covid vaccine patent waiver to allow the continent to make its own vaccines as the shortage continues in different countries.
In the past few days, Strive Masiyiwa confirmed that Africa will manufacture it’s own vaccines after they discovered a South African factory that can be used to produce millions of vaccines.
The World Health Organization has been urging for equitable vaccine access with the African continent lagging behind at less than 2% vaccination.
