African countries look beyond west for vaccines turns to China and Russia for vaccine

African countries are looking beyond the west in the global vaccine race dominated by Europe and the US, with policymakers across the continent seeking jabs from the likes of Russia and China.

Officials in countries from Kenya to Guinea are in talks with China and Russia to procure vaccines to supplement the global WHO-backed Covax facility that aims to provide developing countries with enough jabs for at least 20 per cent of their populations.

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