Fake COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa

Abdullahi Tunde Aborode,Ajagbe Abayomi Oyeyemi,Christian Inya Oko,Esther Patience Nansubuga,Wireko Andrew Awuah,Suprateeka Talukder,Heather Tillewein,Paciencia Machai

doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-141160

Abstract

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Highlights

Deliveries of vaccine supplies by the COVAX programme under the WHO commenced in February 2021.1 COVAX has proposed to distribute 520 million doses to Africa by the end of 2021.1 On 28 March 2021, African Union member states endorsed purchasing 220 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson single shot of the COVID-19 vaccine
In November 2020, fake COVID-19 vaccines (2400 doses of illicit vaccine in 400 ampuls hidden in plastic containers in a refrigerator) were discovered by the law enforcement agencies in Johannesburg, South Africa.[3]
Pfizer reported that the problem is not common in Africa

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Introduction

Deliveries of vaccine supplies by the COVAX programme under the WHO commenced in February 2021.1 COVAX has proposed to distribute 520 million doses to Africa by the end of 2021.1 On 28 March 2021, African Union member states endorsed purchasing 220 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson single shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. Burundi has expressed a willingness to receive the vaccines but states that the country will not promote the government COVID-19 vaccine.[1] In November 2020, fake COVID-19 vaccines (2400 doses of illicit vaccine in 400 ampuls hidden in plastic containers in a refrigerator) were discovered by the law enforcement agencies in Johannesburg, South Africa.[3] The Germiston, South Africa, to date, is Africa’s most prominent public seizure of fake COVID-1 9 vaccinations.

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